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The Jungle myna (Acridotheres fuscus) is a bird found in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Gardens, farms and woods across South Asia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, fruit and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Jungle myna lives

Gardens, farms and woods across South Asia.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs40%
• 🍎 Fruit30%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts20%
• 🌸 Nectar10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

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Recorded by Thet Zaw Naing (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1051083. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Jungle myna

Where does the Jungle myna live?

The Jungle myna lives in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Gardens, farms and woods across South Asia.

What does the Jungle myna eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 40%), fruit (about 30%), seeds and nuts (about 20%), nectar (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Jungle myna endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Asia

• Swinhoe's white-eye
• Long-tailed shrike
• Cinereous tit
• Oriental turtle dove
• Jungle babbler
• Indian robin

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.