"Mark Wilson"  wrote in message
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> "Stroud"  wrote in message
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> > No such bird in Africa! What you probably mean is Indian Mynahs.
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> Yeah that's the ones :-)
> (I thought African sounded wrong.)
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We have them here, introduced to New Zealand. They are the Common Mynah, not
the one usually kept as a pet in Europe. Our tui can sort them out! (he also
attacks the rosellas, blackbirds, sparrows and my doves). He rules the
garden when the kowhai is in bloom.

Geopelia



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