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Study of Reproductive Success in Brahminy myna (Sturnus pagodarum)
Anshu
Abstract:
The body colour of Brahminy myna (Brahminy Starling) is pale reddish – fawn plumage. The beak is yellow with a bluish base. In both the sexes black crest is present on head. In male the crest are more prominent than female crest. It is a resident breeder in eastern Afghanistan, Nepal, Srilanka and India. This passerine bird is typically found in dry forest and scrub jungle and also near human residence. This species built nest in cavity or holes of tree, wall, roof of house, railway station, wells and pipe holes etc. The brahminy starling is a single breeding bird in a breeding season. In this study it was observed that construction of nests were completed from Late February to end of the April of 2019 Generally eggs were observed from April to May of 2019. In this study it was concluded that generally brahminy myna laid 4 to 5 eggs in one clutch, average weight of an egg was 5.43 gm. and reproductive (hatching) success of brahminy myna, was 88% and fledge of birds success was 66.6% . Pecentage of mortality rate was 33.3%.