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title: "Treurmaina"
description: "Acridotheres tristis — Vogels. The common myna or Indian myna (Acridotheres tristis), sometimes spelled mynah, is a bird in the family Sturnidae, native to Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-myna
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Treurmaina

> Acridotheres tristis — Vogels. The common myna or Indian myna (Acridotheres tristis), sometimes spelled mynah, is a bird in the family Sturnidae, native to Asia.

- Scientific name: *Acridotheres tristis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `urban` (Steden en tuinen), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 70837
- Wikidata: [Q116667](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116667)
- iNaturalist taxon: [204454](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204454)

## Names

- en: Common Myna
- de: Hirtenmaina
- es: Miná común
- fr: Martin triste
- nl: Treurmaina
- pl: Majna brunatna

## Countries with the most observations

IN (11323), AU (10178), US (9832), TH (6458), TW (5341), AE (1921), IL (1781), ZA (1721), MY (1518), NZ (1482), SG (1332), LK (1076)

## Summary

The common myna or Indian myna (Acridotheres tristis), sometimes spelled mynah, is a bird in the family Sturnidae, native to Asia. An omnivorous open woodland bird with a strong territorial instinct, the common myna has adapted extremely well to urban environments.
The range of the common myna is increasing at such a rapid rate that in 2000 the IUCN Species Survival Commission declared it one of the world's most invasive species and one of only three birds listed among "100 of the World's Worst Invasive Species" that pose a threat to biodiversity, agriculture and human interests. In particular, the species poses a…

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

## Photo

![Treurmaina](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-myna/medium.jpg)

Photo: Francesco Cecere · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15071290

## Machine access

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