Streptocitta albicollis
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The white-necked myna (Streptocitta albicollis) is a large, long-tailed species of starling in the family Sturnidae. Due to its superficial resemblance to a magpie, it has been referred to as the Celebes magpie or Sulawesi magpie in the past. It is endemic to forests on Sulawesi and adjacent smaller islands in Indonesia. There are two subspecies: the nominate from the southern part of Sulawesi has a yellow-tipped bill, and torquata from the northern part of the island has an all-black bill. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tangkoko Nature Reserve | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bird Paradise | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 2 | Rainforest Wild Asia | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 3 | Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 4 | Edward Youde Aviary | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a White-necked Myna sighting in Tangkoko Nature Reserve on a given day, based on 477 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 14th most-seen of the 138 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a White-necked Myna in Tangkoko Nature Reserve on a given day, against about 40% in April–May, September–October and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-necked Myna sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Tangkoko Nature Reserve, in our data
Tangkoko Nature Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate White-necked Myna sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Sturnidae
The closest relatives of the White-necked Myna that you can see in Tangkoko Nature Reserve (family Sturnidae, Starlings) are Finch-billed Myna (about 50%) and Sulawesi Myna (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-necked Myna is recorded against all the birds logged in Tangkoko Nature Reserve (477 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
