Javan Myna A. Javanicus
Javan Myna are not commonly found in urban scape but in kampung village and outskirt coastal farmland and padi field. It is sometimes called Buffalo Myna. As its name it is primarily found originate from Java. In Malaysia & Singapore it is co-exist, and thought to be in competition with the Common Myna (A. tristis)
The feral Javan Myna is in shades of grey to freckle black, with a white vent, an inconspicious white wing patch, white on the underside of the tail, and has a thick yellow eye ring for grown adults, legs and beak. It sometimes has grey (white) flecking on its belly. It can raise the feathers on its forehead into a dramatic crest.
It call is similar to the Common Myna.
Padi fields and cultivation farmland are their natural habitat, where they will prey on insects disturbed by water buffalo. It lays 2-6 eggs in crevices and holes. Javan Myna can live 8 to 20 years. It eats ants, worms, fruits, human feeds, insects and grains.
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