Common Hill Myna

The common hill myna, sometimes spelled mynah and formerly simply the hill myna or myna bird, is a starling of the hills of South and Southeast Asia, one of the most commonly spotted birds in Asian aviculture. It is a stocky jet-black myna about 29 cm long, somewhat larger than the common myna, with bright orange-yellow patches of naked skin and fleshy wattles on the side of the head and nape, overall green-glossed black plumage that is purple-tinged on the head and neck. Sexes are similar and juveniles have a duller bill (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is often detected by its loud, shrill, descending whistles followed by other calls, and is most vocal at dawn and dusk, when it is found in small groups in forest clearings high in the canopy. Dialects change rapidly with distance, so that birds living more than 15 km apart have no call types in common. The usual clutch is two or three eggs (Wikipedia, general species account).