Golden-crested Myna

Golden-crested Myna
Golden-crested Myna
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Ampeliceps
Blyth, 1842
Species: A. coronatus
Binomial name
Ampeliceps coronatus
Blyth, 1842

The Golden-crested Myna, Ampeliceps coronatus, is a species in the starling and myna family Sturnidae. It ranges from India to Vietnam and northern Malaysia, and has been introduced to the British Indian Ocean Territory. Its main habitat is subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest, but it is also found in heavily degraded former forest.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2008). Ampeliceps coronatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 2009-12-12.