Golden myna
Mino anais (R. P. Lesson, 1839)
The golden myna (Mino anais) is a species in the family Sturnidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 152 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the golden myna
- Weight
- 152 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Frugivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the golden myna live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The golden myna is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
What is the golden myna?
The golden myna (Mino anais) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. René Primevère Lesson named this bird after his daughter Anaïs who died when she was eleven years old.
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Is the golden myna endangered?
The golden myna is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the golden myna classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familySturnidae
- genusMino
- SpeciesMino anais (R. P. Lesson, 1839)
Synonyms Sericulus anais
Other names and names in other languages (31)
- مينا ذهبيArabic
- minà dauratCatalan
- majna zlatoprsáCzech
- maina eurfronWelsh
- PragtbeoDanish
- OrangeatzelGerman
- ora majnoEsperanto
- Miná doradoSpanish
- kultamainaFinnish
- Mino d'AnaïsFrench
- Mino d’AnaïsFrench
- zlatni čvorakCroatian
- narancsmajnaHungarian
- Ոսկեկուրծք մինոArmenian
- Mino emasIndonesian
- Maina dorataItalian
- キムネムクドリJapanese
- geltonkrūtis minasLithuanian
- GoudborstmainaDutch
- gyllenstærNorwegian
- majna złotaPolish
- gwarek złotyPolish
- mainá-douradoPortuguese
- mainato-douradoPortuguese
- Златогрудый миноRussian
- Zlatna minaSerbian
- guldstareSwedish
- Altın ÇiğdeciTurkish
- міно золотоволийUkrainian
- 金树八哥Chinese
- 金腰樹八哥Chinese
Relatives of the golden myna
Other species in the same genus Mino.
Yellow-faced myna
Mino dumontii
Long-tailed myna
Mino kreffti
CompareGolden myna vs Yellow-faced mynaGolden myna vs Long-tailed myna
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the golden myna?
An adult golden myna weighs 152 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the golden myna live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the golden myna for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the golden myna endangered?
The golden myna is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the golden myna?
The golden myna (Mino anais) belongs to the family Sturnidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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