NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Bank Myna
Acridotheres ginginianus (Latham, 1790)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Bank myna (Acridotheres ginginianus), Salai, UP, India
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Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Bank myna; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T01:43:02.496498+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Acridotheres ginginianus (Latham, 1790)
- Name authority
- (Latham, 1790)
- Common name
- Bank Myna
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sturnidae
- Genus
- Acridotheres
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familySturnidae Rafinesque, 1815
- genusAcridotheres Vieillot, 1816
- speciesAcridotheres ginginianus (Latham, 1790)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Acridotheres. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Collared MynaAcridotheres albocinctus Godwin-Austen & Walden, 1875 | SturnidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Burmese MynaAcridotheres burmannicus (Jerdon, 1862) | SturnidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pale-bellied MynaAcridotheres cinereus Bonaparte, 1850 | SturnidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellus (Linnaeus, 1758) | SturnidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great MynaAcridotheres grandis F. Moore, 1858 | SturnidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javan MynaAcridotheres javanicus Cabanis, 1851 | SturnidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Turdus ginginianus Latham, 1790 Latham, 1790 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=558402 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:9KHP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.