Warbla · Library
Southern hill myna
Gracula indica · Family Sturnidae
Gracula indica
Family Sturnidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sturnidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 85,042
- Countries and territories with records
- 4
About this species
This species has 85,042 occurrence records from 4 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (92.5%) and Sri Lanka (7.4%); together they account for 99.9% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.13% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Gracula indica combines the genus name Gracula with the species epithet indica. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Gracula; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Gracula religiosa and Gracula ptilogenys.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 110 species of the family Sturnidae. This species ranks 21st among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Sturnus vulgaris. Its record count is 24.9% of the family average (340,966). The family Sturnidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.