Learning method:

You can hang the cage containing the myna in a crowded place. The myna will pick out a certain sound that is easy to learn from many kinds of sounds, so that it will learn It's fast and plentiful, but the downside is that it's easy to learn dirty words.

If there is already a myna in the family that can learn human speech, and if you raise a little myna, the little myna will imitate the old myna's tone, and the little myna will follow the human words that the old myna can speak. .

Mynas chirp more actively in the early morning and noon. Covering the cage with a cloth will help you concentrate on learning.

Because children have loud, high-pitched voices, and children often repeat their words, it is easy for mynas to imitate children's speech.

In the process of myna learning human speech, you might as well record the myna’s voice with a tape recorder and play it to it over and over again. Because it is its own voice, it will respond positively and then speak. Speak out more human words.

When letting the myna learn to speak, place a mirror in front of it. It will mistakenly think that it is a companion in the mirror, and it will want to communicate with it more, and it will be easier to learn to speak.

After the myna learns a word or a sentence, remember to feed it food as a reward, so that it will learn more actively.

Introduction to the Hainan Myna:

The Hainan Myna, whose scientific name is Gracula religiosa, is a large bird with feathers that are roughly black, purple-blue and copper. Green metallic luster. It is characterized by orange fleshy wattles and fleshy ruffs on the side of the head, which are similar in both sexes. It is good at singing, with loud and clear calls, and can imitate and produce a variety of melodic tones. After training, it can also imitate human speech and learn to sing simple songs. Mynas mostly move in pairs, sometimes in groups. It mainly inhabits secondary forests, evergreen broad-leaved forests, deciduous, broad-leaved forests, bamboo forests and mixed forests in low hills and plains at the foot of mountains. Often gregarious with starlings and starlings to forage on fruit trees. It is especially common in forest edges and small areas of open land in the forest. It likes to eat wild fruits and insects. The breeding period is from February to May, and it breeds 1 to 2 times a year. Each nest lays 3 to 4 eggs, and the eggs are mainly incubated by the female bird, and the male bird obviously protects the nest. Mainly distributed in India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina and China.

Appearance characteristics:

Myna is completely black, with a purple-black metallic luster on its head and neck. The eyes and sides of the head are covered with short black down feathers, and the feathers in the center of the head are hard, dense and curly. The adult male has a well-developed beak. The forehead to the top of the head is black, and the sides of the head are covered with short black feathers. There are two pieces of orange flesh behind the head. Drooping; part behind the eyes is exposed; the upper body's nape, shoulders and inner coverts of both wings are copper-colored; the lower back, waist and upper tail coverts are metallic green; the flight feathers are black, with the 2nd to 7th primary flight feathers The inner feathers are crossed with white spots, which are more obvious when flying; the tail feathers are black with shining green. The chin, throat and front neck are purple-black; the chest is copper-green; the abdomen is blue-copper, and the center of the abdomen and the lower tail coverts have narrow white feather edges at the ends. The body color of the female bird is similar to that of the male bird. The upper body of the young bird is brown and black; the wattles behind the head are missing; the exposed part of the head is not as prominent as that of the adult bird. The flanks and abdomen have narrow white feather edges. Off-digit feet, with three toes in front and one behind, and the hind toes and the middle toes are equal in length; the legs are thin and weak, and the scales on the posterior edge of the tarsometatarsus often heal into a whole scale; the skull is in the shape of a bird's palate.

Habitat environment:

Myna mainly inhabits secondary forests, evergreen broad-leaved forests, deciduous, broad-leaved forests, bamboo forests and mixed forests in low hills and plains at the foot of mountains. It is especially common in sparse forest areas at the edge of forests, and can also be found in cultivated fields, wilderness and small patches of woods near villages.

Life habits:

Mynas often gather in small groups of 3 to 5 individuals, and in winter they often gather in large groups of 10 to 20 individuals. The social behavior is very strong. If one bird in the flock sings, other birds will linger nearby and sing for a long time. The calls are crisp, loud and melodious. They are better at calling during breeding and often echo each other. It is changeable and can imitate the songs of other birds and even learn simple human language.

It mainly feeds on insects such as locusts, grasshoppers, and termites, and also eats plant fruits and seeds such as figs and figs. Love eating wild fruits.

During the ripening period of fruits on fruit trees, especially during the ripening season of figs or similar fleshy fruits, they often visit in large groups together with other fruit-eating birds. It also eats insects, such as grasshoppers, termites, etc.

Distribution range:

Myna is distributed in Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.

Regional Extinction: Bangladesh.

Introduced: Hong Kong, Macau, Puerto Rico.