What is the difference between the Hill Myna and the Common Myna?

The Hill Myna is a common bird in southern China, and it can imitate the calls of other birds, so many people like to keep it as an ornamental bird. So what is the difference between the Hill Myna and the Common Myna?

1. What is the difference between the Hill Myna and the Common Myna?

There is no difference between the Hill Myna and the Common Myna. The two are actually the same bird, just called by different names. The Common Myna is very docile and likewise has the ability to talk, though it can only say some simple phrases.

2. How do you train a Common Myna to talk?

1. Common Mynas are generally more sensitive to relatively crisp sounds, so you should use a fairly pleasant, clear and melodious voice as the model voice for the Common Myna. Common Mynas raised by hand from a young age get used to the sound of human speech earlier and are easier to train. Training a Common Myna to learn to talk definitely requires patience and persistence; the more time you spend talking to the Common Myna, the faster it will learn.

2. The best time to train a Common Myna to talk is in the early morning, when the Common Myna calls most eagerly; training before feeding gives better results. Choose a relatively quiet place and repeat the lesson every day; after a few days there will be the same response. When training, be careful to use short words and phrases, and only after the Common Myna can successfully imitate short words and phrases should you continue on to connected speech.

3. When training a Common Myna to talk, the owner had best stay beside the birdcage to improve the bird's adaptability. Keep training the Common Myna 3 to 4 times a day, each time for more than 30 minutes, saying each phrase 20 to 30 times each time as reinforcement. Generally speaking, a clever bird can learn one short word in 7 to 10 days, and can learn several short words and phrases in a month.

4. The best period for training a Common Myna is after the Common Myna's body has matured, when Common Mynas are especially lively and active, strongly curious and full of energy. They are full of curiosity about outside things and are also willing to try coming into contact with more new things. During this period, you must persist in patient training, training at least twice a day, each time repeatedly having the Common Myna practise one phrase.

5. The later stage of moulting in the Common Myna is also a major period for receiving training. At this time the trainer should mainly use face-to-face teaching, with recordings as a supplement. At this time the Common Myna's capacity to absorb is very strong, and this key training period is also quite short, so the keeper must firmly seize this best training period and absolutely must not miss it.