Acridotheres ginginianus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The bank myna (Acridotheres ginginianus) is a myna found in the northern parts of South Asia. It is smaller but similar in colouration to the common myna, only differing in having brick-red naked skin behind the eyes instead of yellow. It is greyer on the underside and in this and in the presence of a slight tuft of feathers bears some resemblance to the jungle myna. They are found in flocks on the plains of northern and central India, often within towns and cities. Their range appears to be extending southwards into India. The name is derived from their habit of nesting almost exclusively in the earthen banks of rivers, where they excavate burrows and breed in large colonies.
The head is black on the crown and sides and the upper plumage is slaty grey while the underside is lighter grey with pale pink plumage towards the centre of the abdomen. The wing is black but has a wing patch at the base of the primaries and the tips of the outer tail feathers are pale pinkish buff. The naked skin behind the eye is brick red, the legs are yellow while the iris is deep red. The sexes are indistinguishable in the field. Young birds have a browner head and neck.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Gir National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 7 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 9 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZooParc de Beauval | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Deer Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Haus des Meeres | 🇦🇹 Austria |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bank Myna sighting in Lucknow on a given day, based on 117 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 70th most-seen of the 200 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Bank Myna in Lucknow on a given day, against about 10% in October to July, the lowest months. That is one of Lucknow's wettest months, with about 170 mm of rain against almost none in November.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bank Myna sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
11th of 39
Of the 39 cities where we can rate Bank Myna sightings, Lucknow ranks 11th at about 10%. The best odds are in Ludhiana (India, about 40%), Agra (India, about 30%) and Varanasi (India, about 30%).
Same family: Sturnidae
The closest relatives of the Bank Myna that you can see in Lucknow (family Sturnidae, Starlings) are Indian Pied Starling (about 30%) and Brahminy Starling (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bank Myna is recorded against all the birds logged in Lucknow (117 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
