Indian Myna
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Indian (or Common) Mynas are medium sized brown birds with a black head and yellow feet, eye-patch and bill. They occur naturally in open woodlands from Afghanistan through India to Indochina, and were introduced into Australia in 1862 to control insects in Melbourne market gardens and then Sydney, and from there they were taken to North Queensland to combat cane beetles. The Indian Myna was introduced to the Canberra region in 1968 where they have shown a distinct liking for urban backyards and woodland nature reserves. They are strong competitors with native wildlife for food and nesting hollows and are now well established in almost every Canberra suburb.
Indian Mynas are very aggressive and intelligent, and known to evict native birds (including parrots, kookaburras and peewees) from their nests, dumping out their eggs and chasing them from their roosting areas. In urban habitats they are considered a threat to the long-term survival of these birds and other native species such as sugar gliders which depend on tree hollows for survival. They are also suspected to contribute to the spread of certain weed species such as Bitou Bush in other parts of Australia.
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