Sulawesi Myna

Sulawesi Myna belongs to starling in the family Sturnidae. The Sulawesi myna grows to a length of 23 to 27 cm (9.1 to 10.6 in). It is a glossy black bird with a permanently raised crest which is larger in the male. The sides of the face and throat have white patches. The eye is surrounded by a bluish-black ring of bare skin, the beak is pale bluish-green and the legs are yellowish. (Wikipedia, general species account).

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. This myna has a range of sounds including grunts, high-pitched whistles, squeaks and warbles. This myna is endemic to the humid forests of hilly districts of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Its main habitat here is forest fringes, clearings, scattered areas of woodland and secondary forests, although it is sometimes found in primary forests. these are lowland islands and the habitat is mostly grassland savannah with patches of evergreen woodland in which the bird is primarily found. (Wikipedia, general species account).