Burmese myna

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| image =Acridotheres burmannicus burmannicus, Taunggye, Shan, Myanmar 5.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref ={{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Acridotheres burmannicus |volume=2016 |page=e.T103870359A94266502 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103870359A94266502.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Acridotheres

| species = burmannicus

| authority = (Jerdon, 1862)

| synonyms = *Sturnus burmannicus}}

The Burmese myna (Acridotheres burmannicus) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.{{Catalogue of Life |id=9KHK |title=Acridotheres burmannicus (Jerdon, 1862) |option= |access-date=4 May 2021}} It is found in Myanmar and Yunnan, China.

Taxonomy

The Burmese myna was considered conspecific with the vinous-breasted myna. Common names of the two split species were changed to "mynas" instead of "starlings" to match the genus.{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=January 2023 | title=Chats, Old World flycatchers | work=IOC World Bird List Version 13.1 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/chats/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=7 February 2023}}

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