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Crested Myna
Acridotheres cristatellus · Family Sturnidae
Acridotheres cristatellus
Family Sturnidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sturnidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 215,157
- Countries and territories with records
- 71
About this species
This species has 215,157 occurrence records from 71 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Taiwan (49.4%), China (19.4%), Hong Kong (14.4%), Portugal (5.8%) and the Philippines (4.1%); together they account for 93.1% of the total. In Taiwan, this species accounts for 0.5% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Acridotheres cristatellus combines the genus name Acridotheres with the species epithet cristatellus. The Warbla app catalog lists 10 species of the genus Acridotheres; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Acridotheres tristis, Acridotheres javanicus and Acridotheres fuscus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 110 species of the family Sturnidae. This species ranks 10th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Sturnus vulgaris. Its record count is 63.1% of the family average (340,966). The family Sturnidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.