Zombie bird

[Irish stargazer (John)]

Any idea what these birds are? Weirdest things I have seen. The living dead in bird form.....
Sorry about the photo quality-heavily cropped.

[noeyedeer (Matt)]

www.birdsinbackyards.net/finder

that site might help you identify it. looks like a young bird thou.

matt

[DavidU (Dave)]

It's a common Indian miner with a moulting disease.
http://www.animalphotos.me/bird1/bird1-myn.htm

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Originally Posted by DavidU

It's a common Indian miner with a moulting disease.
http://www.animalphotos.me/bird1/bird1-myn.htm

I had a bald-headed Indian Miner living around my place a few years ago-it certainly looked odd!

[Shano592 (Shane)]

Hehe, they don't live, around my place!

I trap and kill them, before they have time to settle in.

The markings and beak colour are definitely those of an Indian Mynah. Funny thing: in China these same birds have black feathers, not chocolate brown. Same markings and break colour though.

[noeyedeer (Matt)]

I was going to say an Indian myna but didn't have the yellow ring around the eye so wasn't certain. certainly a pest if it is.
matt

[noeyedeer (Matt)]

Originally Posted by Shano592

Hehe, they don't live, around my place!

I trap and kill them, before they have time to settle in.

The markings and beak colour are definitely those of an Indian Mynah. Funny thing: in China these same birds have black feathers, not chocolate brown. Same markings and break colour though.

hi Shane, do you use the co2 method or how do you euthanize them? we have a few colonies around here that have scared off most of the natives sadly.

matt

[Irish stargazer (John)]

Thanks everyone
Didn't realise they were a pest. Zombie bird is probably an apt title then