Taxonomy and Subspecies
The Common Myna has two subspecies:
- Acridotheres tristis tristis (Linnaeus, 1758). Widespread, including Sri Lanka.
- A. t. melanosternus Legge, 1879. Endemic to Sri Lanka.
The subspecies melanosternus is darker than the nominate subspecies, has half-black and half-white primary coverts and has a larger yellow cheek-patch. The type locality of the nominate subspecies is Pondicherry, India.
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