---
title: "Jungle Myna"
description: "Acridotheres fuscus — Uccelli. The jungle myna (Acridotheres fuscus) is a myna, a member of the starling family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/jungle-myna
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Jungle Myna

> Acridotheres fuscus — Uccelli. The jungle myna (Acridotheres fuscus) is a myna, a member of the starling family.

- Scientific name: *Acridotheres fuscus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3751
- Wikidata: [Q1262207](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1262207)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14869](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14869)

## Names

- en: Jungle Myna
- de: Dschungelmaina
- es: Miná de la Jungla
- fr: Martin forestier
- nl: Jungle-maina
- pl: Majna szara

## Countries with the most observations

IN (2530), FJ (333), NP (165), BD (157), TH (74), MY (55), MM (25), BT (12), PK (12), WS (12), AS (11), CK (10)

## Summary

The jungle myna (Acridotheres fuscus) is a myna, a member of the starling family. It is found patchily distributed across much of the mainland of the Indian Subcontinent but absent in the arid zones of India. It is easily recognized by the tuft of feathers on its forehead that form a frontal crest, a feature also found in the closely related Javan myna and the pale-bellied myna which were treated as a subspecies in the past. The eyes are pale, yellow or blue depending on the population and the base of the orange-yellow bill is dark. It has also been introduced either intentionally or accidentally into many other parts…

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

## Photo

![Jungle Myna](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/jungle-myna/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vijay Barve · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/314959732

## Machine access

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