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Long-tailed myna

Mino kreffti (P. L. Sclater, 1869)

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The long-tailed myna (Mino kreffti) is a species in the family Sturnidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 192 g to 220 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Long-tailed myna (Mino kreffti)
Photo: Joseph Smit · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the long-tailed myna

Weight
192 g – 220 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
1.4src 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 long-tailed 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 long-tailed myna is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the long-tailed myna?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The long-tailed myna (Mino kreffti) is a member of the starling family. It is native to the Bismarck and Solomon archipelagos. It resembles the yellow-faced myna, and the two were formerly considered conspecific.

Its binomial name commemorates Gerard Krefft, Australian zoologist and palaeontologist.

From the Wikipedia article “Long-tailed myna” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long-tailed_myna&oldid=1344538174), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the long-tailed myna endangered?

The long-tailed myna is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. 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 long-tailed myna classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familySturnidae
  6. genusMino
  7. SpeciesMino kreffti (P. L. Sclater, 1869)

Synonyms Gracula kreffti, Mino dumontii kreffti

Other names and names in other languages (28)
  • مينا طويل الذيلArabic
  • minà de KrefftCatalan
  • majna bismarckáCzech
  • Melanesisk BeoDanish
  • BismarckatzelGerman
  • bismarka majnoEsperanto
  • Miná de las BismarckSpanish
  • pitkäpyrstömainaFinnish
  • Mino de KrefftFrench
  • gololici čvorakCroatian
  • Maina codalungaItalian
  • オナガムクドリJapanese
  • ilgauodegis minasLithuanian
  • BismarckmainaDutch
  • gullmaskestærNorwegian
  • gwarek białorzytnyPolish
  • majna długoogonowaPolish
  • لمی پوچھلوالی میناWestern Panjabi
  • mainá-rabilongoPortuguese
  • mainato-das-bismarckPortuguese
  • Длиннохвостый миноRussian
  • majna palmováSlovak
  • Dugorepa minaSerbian
  • melanesisk stareSwedish
  • Bismark Gözlüklü ÇiğdecisiTurkish
  • міно довгохвостийUkrainian
  • 長尾樹八哥Chinese
  • 长尾树八哥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the long-tailed myna

Other species in the same genus Mino.

CompareLong-tailed myna vs Yellow-faced mynaLong-tailed myna vs Golden myna

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the long-tailed myna?

An adult long-tailed myna weighs 192 g – 220 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the long-tailed myna live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the long-tailed myna for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the long-tailed myna endangered?

The long-tailed 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 long-tailed myna?

The long-tailed myna (Mino kreffti) 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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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Long-tailed myna (Mino kreffti). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-tailed-myna

MLA

“Long-tailed myna (Mino kreffti).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-tailed-myna.

BibTeX
@misc{long_tailed_myna_2026,
  title = {Long-tailed myna (Mino kreffti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-tailed-myna},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}