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Lanka
Salalihiniya
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| Local Name : |
Sri Lanka Mynah |
| Scientific Name : |
Gracula ptilogenys
(Blyth) |
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Rather larger than the Common Mynah; larger than
the Salalihiniya but very similar to it except in having only one part of wattles, those
at the back of the head, and some black at the base of the beak. Sexes alike, and the
young differ only in being duller, and having smaller wattles.
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It
lives in scattered colonies, but it does not seem to be quite so gregarious as
Salalihiniya (The Common Hill-Mynah), usually occurring in pairs. It loves high trees, and
may be found in the heart of tall forests, as well as on estates and village gardens in
their neighbourhood. It is a restless bird. The food consists of wild fruits such as
banyan, bo and nuga figs, wild nutmegs, and sapu seeds.
The breeding
season is February-May and a secondary season in August-September. The nest is made in a
cavity in a tree-bole or large branch. The two eggs are pale prussian blue, blotched with
purplish brown. They measure about 33×25mm
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This Grackle inhabits the forests and well-wooded country of the wet zone,
ascending the hills, n the wetter districts of the south and west, to at
least 6,000 feet. Occasionally it strays into the drier, eastern slopes of
the main range, but it is essentially a bird of the wet-zone hills.
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