Acridotheres

Japanese: Acridotheres
Acridotheres

...Their songs are not well developed, but they have a wide variety of voices, and some species (notably the mynah) are good at imitating human speech.
[kinds]
Representative genera include the Sturnus genus (16 species) and the Acridotheres genus (6 species including the Myna (illustration)), the former distributed widely across Eurasia and the Malay Archipelago, and the latter across South Asia. In addition to the Grey-streaked Starling, the Red-streaked Starling S. philippensis also migrates to Japan as a summer bird and breeds in central and northern Honshu.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Acridotheres" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…さえずりはよく発達していないが,さまざまな声をもち,一部の種(とくにキュウカンチョウ)は人語をよくまねる。
[種類]
 代表的な属はムクドリ属Sturnus(16種)とハッカチョウ属Acridotheres(ハッカチョウ(イラスト)など6種)で,前者はユーラシア大陸とマレー諸島に,後者は南アジアに広く分布する。日本には,ムクドリのほかに,ムクドリ属のコムクドリS.philippensisが夏鳥として渡来し,本州中部以北で繁殖する。…

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