#it myna

[rongzhi]

A crested myna investigating a peach

English added by me :)

[herpsandbirds]

Bali Myna (Leucopsar rothschildi), family Sturnidae, order Passeriformes, Bali, Indonesia

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

* fewer than 50 individuals left in the wild.

Photograph by Mark Watts

[yummymuse]

Ody and Eury singing dear Theodosia bc duhh, why not?

I got too lazy to fully color lmao

[awkwardbirdsdreaming]

Bird #29 - the Bali myna (CR)

Endemic to the province of Bali in Indonesia, this striking starling is endangered mostly due to poaching for the caged bird market. There is a large number of birds in captivity, so they won't go extinct anytime soon, but the wild population is estimated to be less than 100.

Have you ever noticed there's a lot of light-coloured birds with dark wing tips and tails? (Seagulls, terns, pelicans, long-tailed tits, etc...)

This is because feathers with melanin (a dark pigment) are more resistant to damage than feathers without pigment! The wing tips and tail are susceptible to being damaged while birds flap about, so these areas tend to have more melanin to protect them. Now if you see a bird with dark wings and tail you'll know why :)

[simplified-birds]

Simplfied bird #54 - common myna

( requested by @a-trash-artist )

[birds-that-screm]

Common Hill Myna (Gracula religiosa)

© Siddhanta Kumar Mohanta

[inatungulates]

Indian hog deer Axis porcinus porcinus

With common myna Acridotheres tristis

Observed by prmck, CC BY-NC

[alonglistofbirds]

[2770/11080] Crested myna - Acridotheres cristatellus

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Muscicapoidea Family: Sturnidae (starlings) Genus: Acridotheres (typical mynas)

Photo credit: Arnaud Lacroix via Macaulay Library

[dixonsbrat]

💭 — blurbs ; send this and a character from above + a prompt or an idea of ur own for a blurb !

sebastian sallow + ❝  the way i love you goes beyond description.  even those words don’t seem like enough.  ❞

𖥔 𝐒𝐄𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𖥔

the fire crackles quietly as it illuminates your small area of the library, keeping both you and sebastian warm as you flip through the books sprawled out before you. no other sounds could be heard other than the occasional hushed whisper of students as they made their way out for the night, giving you a moment alone before you too had to leave.

glancing up from the book in your hand, you spot sebastian already looking your way - staring, in fact - and a small smirk quirks up at the corner of his lips. his dark locks softly falling across his forehead, and the freckles that dusted his skin danced under the glow of the fire.

"what's that look for?" you query, suspicion furrowing your brows which then quickly stems into panic. "what is it? is there something on my face?"

you reach up immediately in search of anything that felt foreign on your skin but sebastian simply shakes his head, his smirk now contrasting into a proper smile. he pulls your hands away, and lets them fall into his lap, cradling them as he does.

"no, i was just thinking is all," his thumbs begin to roll back and forth over your knuckles now. a soft and comforting touch that you had grown so used to.

"thinking about what?" you shuffle forward.

"...you, actually."

"and what about me has sparked such an interest in that big head of yours?" gently, you push a finger against his forehead, and it lulls back slightly before he returns to meet your gaze. "were you thinking about how i'm so much better at duelling than you?"

"no," he laughs. "i was actually thinking about... how much i love you."

"oh, really?" this time when you speak, there's a hinted sarcasm to it and you shuffle forward once more to wrap your arms around the slytherin boy. "and exactly how much does the sebastian sallow love lil ole me?"

"well, i couldn't tell you if i tried," his shoulders raise in a nonchalant shrug.

"and, why not?"

he sighs, a hand reaching up to trail along the side of your cheek., "because the way in which i love you goes far beyond any description. even those words alone don't seem to be enough."

sebastian was passionate about the things he loved, there was no doubt about that, and yet, every day you found yourself growing more astounded by how far the depths of his love truly ran. that you got to be one of those things he cared about so deeply.

"oh, bastian," there's a halt in your breath as you take in his words and he looks away sheepishly for a moment, but you stop him and turn his head to look back at you. "whatever you feel for me, i feel for you right back."

[birdstudies]

May 24, 2024 - Vinous-breasted Myna (Acridotheres leucocephalus) These starlings are found in parts of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and possibly Singapore and Malaysia, in open grasslands, cultivated areas, and scrub. Foraging on the ground and sometimes in trees in pairs and small flocks, they probably feed on fruit and insects, though the details of their diet are unknown. Little is known about their breeding behavior but their nests are probably messy clumps of vegetation built in cavities, similar to those of the closely related Burmese Myna.

[fullfrontalbirds]

Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)

© Len and Chris Ezzy

[idoltoons]

[herpsandbirds]

Bali Myna (Leucopsar rothschildi), family Sturnidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to Bali, Indonesia

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

* fewer than 50 individuals left in the wild.

Photograph by whp_wildlifehabitatphotography

[yummymuse]

A promised drawing for @notsolonedesert's Eurymene child, with my own! (They're adorable together Fshdjvdjdvfksvd)

[dovemoulins]

bought a zoom lens and oh my god gonna cry because i can take bird pictures so easily now..........heres me testing it by literally just looking outside my window . very happy. many more bird photos to come

[fastman27]

Aptrill Day 11: Long-crested Myna.

Reference Photo