Golden-crested Myna
Encyclopedia
The Golden-crested Myna, Ampeliceps coronatus, is a species in the starling and myna family
Sturnidae. It ranges from India
to Vietnam
and northern Malaysia, and has been introduced to the British Indian Ocean Territory
. Its main habitat is subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest, but it is also found in heavily degraded former forest.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Sturnidae. It ranges from India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
to Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
and northern Malaysia, and has been introduced to the British Indian Ocean Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory
The British Indian Ocean Territory or Chagos Islands is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Africa and Indonesia...
. Its main habitat is subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest, but it is also found in heavily degraded former forest.