Southern Hill Myna

The southern hill myna is a starling found in the forests of southwestern India and Sri Lanka. It is about 20 cm long with shiny black plumage, yellow legs, a bill bright orange at the base and yellow at the tip, white spots on the primaries and yellow wattles on the head. It moves in noisy flocks of about half a dozen, usually high in the canopy, hopping sideways along branches (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is omnivorous, eating fruit, nectar and insects, and members of a flock keep in contact with a wide range of calls. Like other hill mynas it mimics human voices well and is kept in captivity for this. The 2012 list has no entry under this name; it lists the Hill Myna (Gracula religiosa) as Least Concern, which may have covered this bird (verify).