The family Sturnidae includes the starlings and mynas. Family members are collectively know as the starlings. The family also used to include the oxpeckers, but they now are thought to be rather distant relatives. Some starling species are good mimics, and the family is related to the mimidae family of mockingbirds. Starlings are small to medium sized. They are usually dark colored, often with a metallic sheen, but some have bright colors. Many species have very bright eyes. The starlings eat insects and fruit. They favor open spaces.


Genus Sturnia

Starling, Brahminy  Sturnia pagodarum  Found: Asia
Photographed by: 1) Mukerjee - Delhi   2) Ravi Vaidyanathan  



Genus Sturnus

Starling, Asian Pied  aka Pied Myna  Sturnus contra    Found: Asia
Photographed by: 1) Ravi Vaidyanathan - India  2) J M Garg - India


Starling, Black-collared  Sturnus nigricollis  Found: Asia
Photographed by: 1, 2, 3) Darren Bellerby - Kowloon Park, Hong Kong


Starling, European aka Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris   Native: Europe, Asia Introduced: North America, Africa, Australasia.
Photographed by Dick Daniels in:  1, 2) North Carolina    3) Capetown, South Africa  4) Scotland
4) Adult and juvenile

Genus Acridotheres

Myna, Bank Acridotheres ginginianus Found: Asia
Photographed by: 1) Mukerjee - India  2) Thomas Schoch - India


Myna, Common Acridotheres tristis   Native to Asia.  Also found: North America, Africa, Australasia
Photographed by: 1) Dick Daniels - Nepal  2) Dick - Hawaii   3)  Dick - Johannesburg, South Africa  4, 5, 6) Dick - Australia



Myna, Crested  Acridotheres cristatellus  Found: southeast Asia
Photographed by: 1) Magalhães - Artis, Amsterdam  2) Darren Bellerby - Hong Kong Park, Hong Kong


Myna, Javan  Acridotheres javanicus  Found: Southeast Asia
Photographed by: 1, 2) Darren Bellerby - Jurong Bird Park, Singapore  3) Arthur Chapman - Singapore


Myna, Jungle  Acridotheres fuscus  Found: Asia 
Photographed by: 1, 2, 3, 4) Dick Daniels - Nepal



Genus Ampeliceps - 1 species

Myna, Golden-crested  Ampeliceps coronatus  Found: Asia
Photographed by: 1) Dick Daniels - North Carolina Zoo   2) Sandy Cole - North Carolina Zoo



Genus Gracula

Myna, Common Hill aka Hill Myna  Gracula religiosa  Found: Southeast Asia
Photographed by:  1) Arthur Chapman



Genus Streptocitta

Myna, White-necked  Streptocitta albicollis  Found: Indonesia
Photographed by: 1) Charles Lam  2) Darren Bellerby - Edward Youde Aviary, Hong Kong