Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Pycnonotus
Species: P. goiavier
Binomial name Pycnonotus goiavier
(Scopoli, 1886)
Main features: Small (20cm); slight crest; white face; yellow under tail coverts.
Adult: Olive brown crown, nape, underparts; white side of head, eyebrow, throat, belly; lores black; breast whitish streaked brown; black bill, feet, eyes. No white on tail.
Genders look alike.
Juvenile: Sides of head [...]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Acridotheres
Species: A. javanicus
Binomial name Acridotheres javanicus
(Cabanis, 1850)
The Javan Myna Acridotheres javanicus, also known as the white-vented myna and the buffalo myna, is a myna, a member of the Starling family.
It is a successful species in much of South East Asia and has penetrated into India and neighbouring regions.
It is [...]
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Dinopium
Species: D. javanense
Binomial name Dinopium javanense
(Ljungh, 1797)
The Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or [...]
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