21 July 2009

Javan Myna Feeding Time!

"Chrrrrrhhh! Chrrrrrhhh! Chrrrrrhhh!"
"Chrrrrrhhh! Chrrrrrhhh! Chrrrrrhhh!"

if you follow the sound, will find baby bird asking for food...

So that day, I found a juvenile Javan Myna noisily asking for food...

Javan Myna

"Chrrrrrhhh! Chrrrrrhhh! Chrrrrrhhh!"
"Chrrrrrhhh! Chrrrrrhhh! Chrrrrrhhh!"

the juvenile is a little greyer than the adult and the eyes also more to grey than yellow. The yellowing at the base of its beak still present.

waiting a while, came the adult, The adult have blacker appearance, with grey underparts and its eyes is yellow.

the juvenile open its beak wide!
Javan Myna

and its fed something like regurgitated food

Javan Myna
Javan Myna
Acridotheres javanicus

for a bird so common in Malaysia, it funny that it doesnt have an official malay name. Tiong Jawa is not taken, well how about that?

1 comment:

  1. great find, difficult to get a shot like this i.e. feeding the young. Well done.

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Sweets or Stones, it must worth something..jot it down!