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title: "Common Hill Myna"
description: "Gracula religiosa — Birds. The common hill myna (Gracula religiosa), sometimes spelled \"mynah\" and formerly simply known as the hill myna or myna bird, is a species of starling found in the hills of South and Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/common-hill-myna
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Hill Myna

> Gracula religiosa — Birds. The common hill myna (Gracula religiosa), sometimes spelled "mynah" and formerly simply known as the hill myna or myna bird, is a species of starling found in the hills of South and Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Gracula religiosa*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `zoo` (Zoo & pets)
- iNaturalist observations: 3313
- Wikidata: [Q337416](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q337416)
- iNaturalist taxon: [204517](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204517)

## Names

- en: Common Hill Myna
- de: Bergbeo
- es: Maina de colinas
- fr: Mainate religieux
- nl: Grote beo
- pl: Gwarek czczony

## Countries with the most observations

SG (920), MY (497), IN (395), TH (389), KH (105), US (82), HK (66), ID (46), MO (44), CN (34), PH (30), BD (20)

## Summary

The common hill myna (Gracula religiosa), sometimes spelled "mynah" and formerly simply known as the hill myna or myna bird, is a species of starling found in the hills of South and Southeast Asia. The Sri Lanka hill myna, a former subspecies of G. religiosa, is now generally accepted as a separate species G. ptilogenys. The Nias hill myna (G. robusta) are also widely accepted as specifically distinct, and many authors favor treating the southern hill myna (G. indica) from the Nilgiris and elsewhere in the Western Ghats of India as a separate species.
The common hill myna is a popular talking bird. Its specific name…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_hill_myna

## Photo

![Common Hill Myna](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-hill-myna/medium.jpg)

Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/349718363

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-hill-myna?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).