Some introduced resident landbirds are waxbill (Estrilda astrild), common myna (Acridotheres tristis), and canary (Serinus flaviventris). From Wordnik.com. [Ascension scrub and grasslands] Reference
Introduced goats, pigs, and cattle inhibit regeneration of native forest; and introduced cats, dogs, common mynah (Acridotheres tristis), and tenrecs prey upon native species, particularly birds, lizards, caecilians, and invertebrates. From Wordnik.com. [Granitic Seychelles forests] Reference
Rats and other introduced animal species such as the common myna (Acridotheres tristis), which was brought in to control insects in the early twentieth century, may be interfering with the nesting of the endemic Mangaia kingfisher (Todirhamphus ruficollaris). From Wordnik.com. [Cook Islands tropical moist forests] Reference
Well-known examples include the cascading effects of decreases in sea otter (Enhydra lutris) populations that led to coastal erosion in the North Pacific, and the loss of large expanses of Hawaiian native vegetation to the lantana shrub (Lantana camara), whose expansion over the landscape is promoted by the myna bird (Acridotheres tristis) originally introduced to control a pest of sugarcane. From Wordnik.com. [Biodiversity and ecosystem services] Reference
(Acridotheres melanopterus), were spotted on Saturday. From Wordnik.com. [The Jakarta Post Breaking News] Reference
These are Jalak Gading (Acridotheres javanicus) and are endemic to Lawu. From Wordnik.com. [My Sinchew -] Reference
(Acridotheres tristis, also "mynah" bird) are aggressive towards Australia's native bird populations, frequently scaring them out of nesting sites. From Wordnik.com. [Invasive Species Weblog] Reference
Acridotheres tristis (Linn.). From Wordnik.com. [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference
Acridotheres ginginianus (Lath.). From Wordnik.com. [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference
Acridotheres melanosternus, Legge. From Wordnik.com. [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference
Acridotheres tristis, 60, 199, 240. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
Gecinus nigrigenys, ginginianus, Acridotheres, glandarius, Grarrulus. From Wordnik.com. [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference
Malacias, melanolophus, Lophophanes, melanops, Stoparola, melanoschista, Campophaga, melanosternus, Acridotheres, melanotis, Allotrius. From Wordnik.com. [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference
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