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Post by Rene Calado Jr. on Aug 12, 2010 9:35:07 GMT
Hi to all!
After some pondering, I think this poor bird was "bleached". Could be a crested mynah as what Romy O., Bobby K, Des A., et.al. say.
Regards,
Rene
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Post by alainpascua on Aug 12, 2010 14:22:33 GMT
Looks like a CM juvenile all right. Here's a couple of them in one frame taken by Paolo's father Nestor and posted at FB... The bird at the right has a very little white wing tip.:  |
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Post by Romy Ocon on Aug 12, 2010 21:02:16 GMT
That photo nails the ID, Alain. Case solved!!!
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Post by ppaaoolloo on Aug 13, 2010 4:10:42 GMT
Great work gents. I am elated that the mystery has been solved. This is how the younger CM looks like.
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Post by ka rene bajit on Aug 13, 2010 10:07:40 GMT
me thinks, too, that this is an escapee, whose owners were david bowie fanatics.^_^
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Post by steve pryor on Sept 16, 2010 7:37:02 GMT
Well, I have looked through what I have for Sturnidae, the Feare & Craig, and the information in HBW-14. Though there are some discrepancies with my information, e.g., the iris of the juvenile is supposedly light powder bluish, I really can't see what other Sturnid (and this is obviously a Sturnid) that it could be. It is certainly structurally an Acridotheres. I have no particular problem with the brownish feathers, the juvenile A. cristatellus is reported to be browner. Certain sturnid fledgelings undergo a partial moult upon leaving the nest, however, I have no firm information about this for this particular species (which I retain to be cristatellus). My best guess is that the lack of the primary panel is due to the persistance of the fledgeling primary feathers prior to the first moult. That there is no faint terminal white to the rectrices is explainable by the extreme amount of wear seen here.
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