.../j.biocon.2014.01.029. Recher, H. 1999. The state of Australia s avifauna: a personal opinion and prediction for the new millennium. Australian Zoologist 31: 11-27. RedditAustralia. 2015. Native noisy miners cause more damage than introduced Indian myna, research finds. Accessed 22nd August 2016...

...Matthew Mo The Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus naturally occurs from the Indian subcontinent to the northern Malay Peninsula. Its anthropogenic spread also encompasses Australia, Japan, the southern Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Florida, California, 11 islands in the Indian Ocean, and Oahu...

... Honeyeater Yellow-bellied Sunbird Mistletoebird Silvereye Double-barred Finch Metallic Starling Indian Myna* Yellow Oriole Olive-backed Oriole Figbird White-breasted \Iraods~vallow Black Butcherbird Domestic Dog* Common Sheath-tailed Bat Agile Wallaby Little Freetail Bat Water Rat Grassland Melomys White...

.../j.biocon.2014.01.029. Recher, H. 1999. The state of Australia s avifauna: a personal opinion and prediction for the new millennium. Australian Zoologist 31: 11-27. RedditAustralia. 2015. Native noisy miners cause more damage than introduced Indian myna, research finds. Accessed 22nd August 2016...

... such initiatives, it ought not be assumed that those that are less than enthusiastic do not have their own deep sense of connection to nature. Take the confession of Densey Clyne (1993, 111-112), a long-time and ecologically literate chronicler of suburban wildlife, that she rather likes Indian myna birds...

... Family Passeridae Passer domesticus House sparrow Family Fringillidae Carduelis carduelis European goldfinch C. chloris European greenfinch Family Muscicapidae Turdus merula Common blackbird T. philomelos Song thrush Family Sturnidae Acridotheres tristi Indian myna Sturnus vulgaris Common starling Table...

... frenatus Widespread, occurring in Asia; Africa; Central America; Oceania; and some Indian Ocean islands Many islands of the Circum New Guinea Archipelago Probably a comparatively recent introduction in many places such as the Solomon Islands where brought in as a stowaway in vessels or their cargo (34, 35...

..., such as the Rainbow Lorikeet Tnchoglossus haematodus and Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo nouaeguienae in Western Australia and the Indian Myna Acndotheres tristis and Starling Sturnus vulgaris in eastern Australia are introductions, but most have either colonized new regions on their own or were indigenous. In many cases...