Acridotheres is a genus of starlings, the "typical" mynas, which are tropical members of the family Sturnidae. The Common Myna has been introduced to North America and the Crested Myna to the Vancouver region of British Columbia.
The Acridotheres mynas are generally dark or dull birds with and fluted calls like most starlings; the sexes are similar. They walk rather than hop.They resemble the hill mynas (Gracula) with which they often co-occur, in having large white or buff wing patches which are obvious in flight and in some also naked areas on the head, but differ in that only the head plumage is glossy, and the underparts tend to be paler. The naked head patches are different in arrangement. Acridotheres mynas are also much more terrestrial than Gracula.
Like most starlings, the Acridotheres mynas are fairly omnivorous, eating fruit, nectar and insects.
