In the seventies, the native mynah were still around.Yes you are right the Javan mynah won the turf war. But in those days, the Javan was preferred over the native type as pet for boys in the sixties, seventies. We keep them from young and they identify us as their parents and will recognise our whistling and flew to us their owners. Those were wonderful days being a child, life was simple, fun . Though lack of material comfort, but people were happier. I missed those time.
@@LittleRedJungle Well Javan Myna's don't really steal other birds nest like cuckoo, they're in the red list which means there's not many of em unlike the Common Myna which is invasive.
Great vid as always! Never knew that the Common Mynah is an invasive species overseas... would love to know more about other invasive species in Singapore :D
they're actually pretty cute and intelligent, i once rescued it from my air conditioning compressor and took it in as a pet and it learnt how to imitate phrases and words
If the Javan Mynahs are thriving and flourishing successfully in Singapore, even though declining in Native Indonesia, then why are they listed as “Vulnerable” by the IUCN? 🤔
Thanks for explaining it so well. I haven't been to Singapore, but this is still good information. We have common Mynahs in Bengaluru 🇮🇳 I can relate to them 😉 Did you know giraffes are facing extinction ? I just found out !
Aw greetings from Singapore! Really cool that my video reached you! Also, I really hope that both those species you mentioned did not displace any native species :(
@@rodneypennington1086 I'm not too sure about how invasive they are in Australia, or if there are any regulations regarding them there. But a life's a life - so with my limited knowledge I'd say to leave them be! 😊
@@LittleRedJungle We're looking after her. Mist sprays on hot days, water, trying some seeds. She doesn't get off the nest when I'm in the shed - so all good for now.
My biggest theory is that Javan myna birds when introduced to Malaysia Singapore and Southern Thailand for the very first time they would have actually displaced a lot of the native birds that would have lived in these parts of Southeast Asia. In my opinion these birds would have been escapes from pet cages and that would have been a deliberate sign from the pet trade industry. Also if you notice about the common myna birds declining in population anywhere else around Malaysia and Singapore, this is why. Nevertheless, commom mynas have actually been very much an introduced, yet actually became rather invasive species in places like Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Fiji, new Caledonia and also Florida in the USA etc. Honourable mentions include Turkey, Israel, the Middle East and even more so recently Cyprus. Common myna birds are also known as Indian myna birds. Plus another species that you've actually forgotten to put up in a list is the great myna bird. It's another black and white bird very similar to other myna species but apparently it also has a very impressive head tuft on the front of its head giving the impression of a mohawk. I actually hollered it out for you because I actually noticed that when I actually went to Malaysia with my family and such I actually remember seeing these birds normally in pairs yet small to large flocks still exist.
There was no mynahs until the fifties. They flourished after that. The black species came subsequently in the sixties. They could have been brought in owing to the idea that this type could learn to talk. Then came the crows later.
Aww as a 90s kid, I took NParks’ word on the timeline of the myna’s arrival via their articles! Would love to know how you realised it’s only till in the 50s!! 😄
@@LittleRedJungle in my young days always love to watch birds and insects in bushes, like damsel flies in variety of colours. Had never seen mynahs, only plenty of sparrows and swallows. Brown mynahs started appearing in the sixties, followed years later by the black species. Crows too were never seen until later years.
@@davidlaw9686 aw thanks for sharing your real life experience! Since young I already see the black ones all around :( but it's so interesting to see how Singapore has changed in just such a short time!
@@LittleRedJungle Had noticed in the last decade or so, many brown mynahs became like little vultures. They lost their feathers head down to the neck. Wonder if this could be the reason their population started diminishing.
@@davidlaw9686 yeah I’ve noticed that growing up too! Was trying to research up on it, but seems like there’s no confirmed reason for it. 😭 Some suggest feather moulting and others suggest disease! Don’t know if it’s what’s affecting its reducing numbers tho :(
wah, i just notice last time when you go to those playground areas there always hear the house crow sounds, now seldom hear already, think they migrated idk haha😂
Hmm I haven't seen any crosses yet, but I wouldn't say it's impossible! The chickens we see around in Singapore are a cross between the Red Junglefowl and the domestic chicken afterall!! 😂
And who went out of Singapore to invite investors for our survival in the first place 🕵🏽♂️🤔🇸🇬zoo and bird park full of non -- native species...... please review
Wow! Great video. It's not just a, Myna Story, This video best explains, 'Global Huaman Migration'! 'Foreign Species, rapidly replacing Local Species'! But there'll always be light at the end of the tunnel, for Locals. You'll thrive elsewhere, only if you migrate! Lol
Hahaha different! These birds didn’t choose the migration! 😂 But good catch on the subtle local social commentary! Was more trying to convey that we should always try to work towards harmony - especially when we’ve got our own locals being immigrants elsewhere too!!
@@LittleRedJungle Exactly! New arrivals are meant to integrate. More often than not, New arrivals are replacements. During a National Day Rally speech in his tenure as Prime Minister, Mr Goh Chock Tong said, 'Singapore is our Home. Why? Because, we built it'! Conincidently, right at that moment, I saw a group of construction workers leaving their worksite, building pblic houses. Those workers never got to occupy the homes, that they built. 😂
@@m.sselvam8372 yes very much agree on this - especially on our construction workers. Our nation was literally built up through their hands - and yet, so many treat them as second class humans. :(
It's funny, but in my Central Asian country your native common myna (with yellow patches around eyes) is a parasite 😂 They are so aggressive, attacked even me for many years because their nest was between my and neighbour's storey (unreachable). Also they group in the evenings on the trees (hundreds!) and make loud awful noises. Btw, sometimes a bunches of loud women sitting near house entrances are called "maynas" here for the same reasons 🤣
Aww which country are you from? But yes I’ve heard of this reversal of roles! Which make it all so interesting! Also, haha ok that factoid about loud women is so funny 😂
@@LittleRedJungle I'm from Tajikistan 😊 Unfortunately the problem with myna isn't realized by our government yet as it was in the neighboring Uzbekistan, for example. I'm really worried because all day long one mostly hears those mynas' aggressive sounds - territory battling with other birds. Our non-predator birds are pretty peaceful and don't have fighting skills, that's why myna takes over their habitat 🥺 Also the number of sparrows falls down each year, because they are mostly under myna attack. Yeah, the thing with women is really funny because their loud chit chat sounds closely to myna 🤣
@@LittleRedJungle yeah and once a different animal is introduced to a new ecosystem the balance is tipped slightly in it's favor and they cause real havoc
Hi....gd night🌃...My sister ever encounter javan minah flew into our kitchen foraging and stealing food. She chase the birds away and left it's 💩 poo on the kitchen table. So disgusting and fed up..... To clean up....
Oh no I’m sorry that it create such a mess. I always get frustrated too when they rest on my bamboo poles with clothes or on my window - then poop all over :( so yes, they’re cool animals - but still very pesky haha
@@LittleRedJungle yeah but there is one funny story i had when i was younger back in the day i was so pissed off at mynahs coming into my house and they ate some of my grandma's cooking ingredients then my father and i chased them out smtimes then my father made a paper ball gun using pipes and some rubber bands then after that we tried shooting one but he flew away then now we just put some long barrier at our window but we now only do it when my grandma is cooking etc hahha
@@akihiro6024 oh no even your grandma food was not spared 😂 but ok at least you know it’s not good to shoot birds now! What’s in the past is in the past!! Love your story tho hahaha
@Little Red Jungle Yeah tks oh yeah may i ask on when are u gonna talk about the Oriental Garden Lizard , becausd its one of my favorite lizards and ppl keep mistaking as a bearded dragon , chameleon or bay monitor lizards etc. i just want it to stop being mistaken since ppl till this miss identify haha
your "common mynas" are our Indian mynas in Australia. They've taken over
In the seventies, the native mynah were still around.Yes you are right the Javan mynah won the turf war. But in those days, the Javan was preferred over the native type as pet for boys in the sixties, seventies. We keep them from young and they identify us as their parents and will recognise our whistling and flew to us their owners. Those were wonderful days being a child, life was simple, fun . Though lack of material comfort, but people were happier. I missed those time.
That's true... times are changing fast and I hope the new gen can find some way to appreciate the joys of what simplicity can bring!
Maybe can do one on everyone’s favourite bird: UwU bird / Asian Koel !! 😂
IDEA! Definitely a good idea to do down the line!! Hhaaha
@@LittleRedJungle I always hear the Black Naped Oriole in the morning, I love their yellow colour :D
@@SShiJie haha yeah they’re super vocal with a variety of calls too!! Definitely also a good idea down the line!!
@@LittleRedJungle Well Javan Myna's don't really steal other birds nest like cuckoo, they're in the red list which means there's not many of em unlike the Common Myna which is invasive.
Great perspective on invasive species! Thanks for the video!
And thank you for your kind words! ♥️ but yeah, invasive species really is a tricky issue :(
Just like all foreign workers they are just trying to survive!
After living in Singapore for more 10 years I always wonder who are this little birds! Now I know! Thank you for sharing!😊
Aw I’m glad this video helped solve it!! Thanks for stopping by and being kinda 🙏☺️
Is there a reason why mynahs do that head nodding thing? Always wondered why they did that
ayee great question!! but hmm it could be a couple of reasons, like communication! But it could also be for vision and depth perception!
Most birds bob their heads for visual and depth perception, ye.
Great vid as always! Never knew that the Common Mynah is an invasive species overseas... would love to know more about other invasive species in Singapore :D
Thanks for the love, June! That sound like a wonderful idea to start on the channel leh hahah ❤
Humans are also invasive .
I once saw a mynah stuck on a bird spike in Chong Pang :( it was calling out non stop and it’s partner mynah didn’t leave its side 😢
Oh no this is so so sad. I really hope someone called ACRES/NParks 😭😢
they're actually pretty cute and intelligent, i once rescued it from my air conditioning compressor and took it in as a pet and it learnt how to imitate phrases and words
Yeah I heard of them imitating human words too!! But definitely, they’re very smart and underrated!!
If the Javan Mynahs are thriving and flourishing successfully in Singapore, even though declining in Native Indonesia, then why are they listed as “Vulnerable” by the IUCN? 🤔
The IUCN lists comes in global and regional and national levels! And unfortunately, they are indeed vulnerable globally 😔
@@LittleRedJungle Thanks, nice to know the classification categories 🙂
Thanks for explaining it so well. I haven't been to Singapore, but this is still good information. We have common Mynahs in Bengaluru 🇮🇳 I can relate to them 😉 Did you know giraffes are facing extinction ? I just found out !
We have two invasive species, the Pakistani parrot and the Indian myna bird. You may find it interesting that I am writing this message from Turkey.
Aw greetings from Singapore! Really cool that my video reached you! Also, I really hope that both those species you mentioned did not displace any native species :(
Javan myna has 5 eggs in its nest in my shed! What to do?
@@rodneypennington1086 aww are you based in Singapore?
@@LittleRedJungle Australia
@@rodneypennington1086 I'm not too sure about how invasive they are in Australia, or if there are any regulations regarding them there. But a life's a life - so with my limited knowledge I'd say to leave them be! 😊
@@LittleRedJungle We're looking after her. Mist sprays on hot days, water, trying some seeds. She doesn't get off the nest when I'm in the shed - so all good for now.
My biggest theory is that Javan myna birds when introduced to Malaysia Singapore and Southern Thailand for the very first time they would have actually displaced a lot of the native birds that would have lived in these parts of Southeast Asia. In my opinion these birds would have been escapes from pet cages and that would have been a deliberate sign from the pet trade industry.
Also if you notice about the common myna birds declining in population anywhere else around Malaysia and Singapore, this is why.
Nevertheless, commom mynas have actually been very much an introduced, yet actually became rather invasive species in places like Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Fiji, new Caledonia and also Florida in the USA etc. Honourable mentions include Turkey, Israel, the Middle East and even more so recently Cyprus.
Common myna birds are also known as Indian myna birds.
Plus another species that you've actually forgotten to put up in a list is the great myna bird. It's another black and white bird very similar to other myna species but apparently it also has a very impressive head tuft on the front of its head giving the impression of a mohawk. I actually hollered it out for you because I actually noticed that when I actually went to Malaysia with my family and such I actually remember seeing these birds normally in pairs yet small to large flocks still exist.
Very informative video,
I see the advertisement paid off :D
Hahah it definitely did. Thanks for stopping by yeah!!! 🙏
amazing job again!
Thank you so much for always being so supportive!! ♥️🌿
There was no mynahs until the fifties. They flourished after that. The black species came subsequently in the sixties. They could have been brought in owing to the idea that this type could learn to talk. Then came the crows later.
Aww as a 90s kid, I took NParks’ word on the timeline of the myna’s arrival via their articles! Would love to know how you realised it’s only till in the 50s!! 😄
@@LittleRedJungle in my young days always love to watch birds and insects in bushes, like damsel flies in variety of colours. Had never seen mynahs, only plenty of sparrows and swallows.
Brown mynahs started appearing in the sixties, followed years later by the black species. Crows too were never seen until later years.
@@davidlaw9686 aw thanks for sharing your real life experience! Since young I already see the black ones all around :( but it's so interesting to see how Singapore has changed in just such a short time!
@@LittleRedJungle Had noticed in the last decade or so, many brown mynahs became like little vultures. They lost their feathers head down to the neck. Wonder if this could be the reason their population started diminishing.
@@davidlaw9686 yeah I’ve noticed that growing up too! Was trying to research up on it, but seems like there’s no confirmed reason for it. 😭 Some suggest feather moulting and others suggest disease! Don’t know if it’s what’s affecting its reducing numbers tho :(
WOW that’s so interesting I did not know that they always are in pairs
Can double confirm by looking out your window one of these days!! Hahaha
I have actually can them in pairs or trios nowadays
@@Abdzhr980 yup they sometimes meet other pairs and forage together! And possible that young ones do follow around too!!
Fun and educational. 😊
Thank you! I’m really glad you enjoyed this! 🙏
I once saw a leucistic javan myna at a hawker centre in ang mo kio. I didn't take a pic tho
Aw yes I’ve seen a mothership article about it too or something! Next time we must both keep our phones ready!! Haha
Damn, you can really rap😱you're good sia👍
I try my best! If TH-cam fails, I think I found my true calling!! Hahaha
Very informative!
I’m Australian and these birds are taking over, edit just watched the video and realised Javan myna are from Indonesia
I ever saw 5 gang up on 1 , very fierce fight
Which one fight which one? SOUNDS SO INTENSE!! 😱
they're all adorable birds!
A big yes to that!! Every bird has such a wonderful story to tell if we just give them a chance! ❤
mynas are so cute i love them
wah, i just notice last time when you go to those playground areas there always hear the house crow sounds, now seldom hear already, think they migrated idk haha😂
Do both species cross breed?
好有趣的问题， 可以 探讨一下， 不是吗？🙋
Hmm I haven't seen any crosses yet, but I wouldn't say it's impossible! The chickens we see around in Singapore are a cross between the Red Junglefowl and the domestic chicken afterall!! 😂
And who went out of Singapore to invite investors for our survival in the first place 🕵🏽♂️🤔🇸🇬zoo and bird park full of non -- native species...... please review
Myna is cute n cheerful charecter. ❤️
Hor!! I think so too! They seem pesky but they're actually so cute!! ❤
While it appears so, I had seen them invade swallows nest, and threw their nestlings down to their death.
@@davidlaw9686 yeah mynas do that :( nature is so beautiful yet also ruthless sometimes :(
Wow!
Great video.
It's not just a, Myna Story,
This video best explains,
'Global Huaman Migration'!
'Foreign Species, rapidly replacing Local Species'!
But there'll always be light at the end of the tunnel, for Locals.
You'll thrive elsewhere, only if you migrate!
Lol
Hahaha different! These birds didn’t choose the migration! 😂 But good catch on the subtle local social commentary!
Was more trying to convey that we should always try to work towards harmony - especially when we’ve got our own locals being immigrants elsewhere too!!
@@LittleRedJungle Exactly!
New arrivals are meant to integrate.
More often than not, New arrivals are replacements.
During a National Day Rally speech in his tenure as Prime Minister, Mr Goh Chock Tong said,
'Singapore is our Home.
Why?
Because, we built it'!
Conincidently, right at that moment, I saw a group of construction workers leaving their worksite, building pblic houses.
Those workers never got to occupy the homes, that they built. 😂
@@m.sselvam8372 yes very much agree on this - especially on our construction workers. Our nation was literally built up through their hands - and yet, so many treat them as second class humans. :(
Please do an episode on crows
I'll definitely do one down the line! Stay tuned yeah!!
@@LittleRedJungle now if we can find the jungle crows (bigger, actually black, and *native* corvid) 😅
@@crowdemon_archives sounds like a plan!! 😉
The first fun I saw the common myna I thought it had cheese on its eyes 😅
Hahaha wait till you see the Masked Lapwing / Durian Bird!!
It's funny, but in my Central Asian country your native common myna (with yellow patches around eyes) is a parasite 😂 They are so aggressive, attacked even me for many years because their nest was between my and neighbour's storey (unreachable). Also they group in the evenings on the trees (hundreds!) and make loud awful noises. Btw, sometimes a bunches of loud women sitting near house entrances are called "maynas" here for the same reasons 🤣
Aww which country are you from? But yes I’ve heard of this reversal of roles! Which make it all so interesting!
Also, haha ok that factoid about loud women is so funny 😂
@@LittleRedJungle I'm from Tajikistan 😊 Unfortunately the problem with myna isn't realized by our government yet as it was in the neighboring Uzbekistan, for example. I'm really worried because all day long one mostly hears those mynas' aggressive sounds - territory battling with other birds. Our non-predator birds are pretty peaceful and don't have fighting skills, that's why myna takes over their habitat 🥺 Also the number of sparrows falls down each year, because they are mostly under myna attack.
Yeah, the thing with women is really funny because their loud chit chat sounds closely to myna 🤣
4:14 interracial couple!! 😂
There is another myna you forgot to mention.
I think In the ecosystem that something is endemic to keeps everything under control
Yup every organism has a role to play to keep everything in balance!! ♥️
@@LittleRedJungle yeah and once a different animal is introduced to a new ecosystem the balance is tipped slightly in it's favor and they cause real havoc
The most owful bird🤮🤮🤮🤮
Hi....gd night🌃...My sister ever encounter javan minah flew into our kitchen foraging and stealing food. She chase the birds away and left it's 💩 poo on the kitchen table. So disgusting and fed up..... To clean up....
Oh no I’m sorry that it create such a mess. I always get frustrated too when they rest on my bamboo poles with clothes or on my window - then poop all over :( so yes, they’re cool animals - but still very pesky haha
Steal food scrap? I don't see it that way though
aww how do you view it? but yes I love the mynas all the same! ❤
Respect u buddy got which Engle in Singapore have outside..😂😂😂😂🧐🤔🤨
Thank you so much buddy. 🤜🤛 We’ve got a few eagles and birds of prey around! Good idea for a subsequent video! 😁😅
Same as CECA and FTs
They need to apply for visa. Call MOM!!
Well now we know why mynahs are every were in singapore hahaha
Yay I'm glad we all learned something new!! ❤
@@LittleRedJungle yeah but there is one funny story i had when i was younger back in the day i was so pissed off at mynahs coming into my house and they ate some of my grandma's cooking ingredients then my father and i chased them out smtimes then my father made a paper ball gun using pipes and some rubber bands then after that we tried shooting one but he flew away then now we just put some long barrier at our window but we now only do it when my grandma is cooking etc hahha
Then now i realized that trying to shoot at it is too much hahha
@@akihiro6024 oh no even your grandma food was not spared 😂 but ok at least you know it’s not good to shoot birds now! What’s in the past is in the past!! Love your story tho hahaha
@Little Red Jungle Yeah tks oh yeah may i ask on when are u gonna talk about the Oriental Garden Lizard , becausd its one of my favorite lizards and ppl keep mistaking as a bearded dragon , chameleon or bay monitor lizards etc. i just want it to stop being mistaken since ppl till this miss identify haha
It's Palestinian not **** it doesn't exist It's like Myna not their land
I already know about the Javan Mynas. But I didn’t know the common myna were ‘invading’ too
yeah and somemore on the world's most invasive species list too! Really glad you learnt something new from this!! ❤