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Indian Myna

Acridotheres tristis

Photo by Sachin Zaveri
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

The Common Myna is an important motif in Indian culture and appears both in Sanskrit and Prakrit literature.

Notes:

In picture 3 and 4 you can see thread which uses for kite flying during Kite Festival, which cause lots of injures to Birds,,

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Common Myna

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Comments (2)
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Amazing shots Sachin and thanks for the highlighting the issue of threads. Particularly Gujarat Government is taking an interest in the issue of the threads.

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PublishedJanuary 24, 2012

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