The crested myna is a medium-sized bird from the starling family. It has black shiny plumage, a bright yellow beak, and a noticeable crest of feathers on its head, which it can raise.
The crested myna differs from other starlings by its noticeable crest on the head and ability to live near humans. It helps control the population of pest insects, but in places where it was introduced, it can displace local birds.
Worker
birth time
Hot winter with almost no precipitation
Picking small food items from foliage, ground, or other surfaces.
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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days
Warm summer
worms
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Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
beak
adult
Maturity
plant
South and Central America, hot and humid, huge forests
invertebrates
insects
About health
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
Repro interval
results
land coast flooded by tides — salt marshes, littoral zone
summer warm, winter not very cold
Southeast Asia and islands, always hot and humid
Colors
Sex
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
mo
conifer cones
little precipitation in winter, more in summer
Trophic type
all living animals without backbone
Filters
Palearctic realm
always hot and humid, huge trees and vines
Upcoming birthdays
Breeding structure built or used for laying eggs and raising offspring.
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
leaf
rains almost always, very humid
Age (juvenile)
Age (from birth to death)
cones of coniferous trees with seeds
Age (embryo)
most of Europe and Asia, various forests, steppes and tundra
Wanderers
Food items are collected from exposed outer surfaces of substrates.
world of Australasia
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Warm summer and frequent rains
berries
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
fruits
Lifespan average
young after fast growth
Juvenile stage following larval metamorphosis but not yet adult.
summer warm, rains frequent
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
gleaning
Crest size
65 to 130 grams, 25 – 60 centimeters
Pets
Indomalayan realm
Indomalayan realm
juicy berries — bilberry, rowan, rosehip
terrestrial shrubland
Feeding occurs primarily on land or in vegetation.
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terrestrial shrub habitats — maquis, chaparral, bush
cm
Crest color
Old-timers
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Wingspan
Eggshell color
turns
Rascals
terrestrial forest
terrestrial intertidal
Flooded grasslands
hot Africa south of the desert, many savannas and forests
Forages on tree limbs or woody stems within vegetation.
Litter size
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
°C
Not specified
Actively searching habitats to locate food items.
Where are they found?
Low precipitation in winter
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Tropical moist forest
Elders
Bro
Taxons
seeds, berries, fruits
if born as {name}
Foraging takes place among trees and woody vegetation.
omnivore
age
birth date
Palearctic realm
Close
was
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
The basics
Neotropical realm
climbing
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
Mouth color
surface
primary food sources
Beak size
Potential Habitat
Very hot summer
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
terrestrial
winter dry and very warm
Gestation
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
summer very hot, above +25…+30 °C
{name} birthday
live annelid worms
Food is gathered directly from leaf surfaces.
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On the map
Pleasant summer
all life stages
Female ♀
Down feathers color
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
birth year
Maturity
terrestrial habitat, land surface outside water
sq mm
yr
Beak color
comfortable summer, +20…+25 °C
How similar?
Male ♂
until the celebration
baby / chick
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
Legs color
What if eaten?
Neither
Moving up vertical surfaces like trunks or rocks to reach food.
from birth to adulthood
Young offspring still dependent on parental care.
nest
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
Immature individual that has not yet reached reproductive maturity.
from birth to death
Plumage color
forests on land — tropical, temperate, boreal
water often floods the land, lots of grass
Crest count
world of Afrotropics
branch
Temperate mixed forest
Duration
live insects
This is me
most of Europe and Asia, various forests, steppes and tundra
Always very wet
Gamers
How are they built?
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
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My age?
wk
My size?
terrestrial
Asexual
swap
Southeast Asia and islands, always hot and humid
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
Warm summer and lots of rain
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When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
foraging
whole life
Hermaphrodite ⚥
embryo
Carrot
Hard, projecting mouthpart used to probe, pluck, or crack food.
summer warm, many oaks, birches, maples
Length
kg
lots of rain, warm and pleasant summer
arboreal
Observations
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