City - Bethuadahari wildlife sanctuary State - WEST BENGAL Country - India
About
Hill Maina Gracula religiosa peninsularis
Is a species of sterling family. Found in Terai forests of Himalayan region.
General: In non-breeding season keeps in Parties of 5 or 6 birds to tree-tops on the edge of closed froest or in cultiveation clearings with a spatse sprinkling of standing tree.Almost entriley areborreal: will occasionally bescend to feed in berry -laden bushes,but herdly every to the ground .nost about on boughs etc.by hopping sideways , unlike most other Myna which have a characteistic walk .
While feeding or resting during the day the birds constantly call and answer one another in low conversation croaks .very likely and noisy towards sunset , setting individually on bare tree-tops and calling and answering in loud creaky whistles for long periodes before flying to roost .Roost individually, or in pairs or family parties, on leafy branches or in tree-holes, but not in large mixed communities.
Food: Mainly fruits and berries,Preedominantly the verious wild figs (ficus ); also flower buds , nectar,and insects .They evidently play an important role in cross -pollination. Insects are mostly procured in trees. but winged termites often hawked in the air by awkward flycatcher-like sallies. Lizards and other small animals are frequently taken.
This Picture is of a captivated bird in Bethuadahari wildlife sanctuary West Bengal.
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