A glossy jet black myna with a conspicuous white patch on the wings, yellow bill and legs, and bright orange yellow patch of naked skin and wattles on the head. It is overall green-glossed black plumage, purple-tinged on the head and neck. Juveniles have a duller bill. It is arboreal and lives in paired or noisy flocks. It lives in wooded countries of Himalayan foothills, Chhotnagpur plateau, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Western ghats, Andaman-Nicobar islands, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and South Myanmar. The major food comprises of figs, fruits, nectar and insects. Habitat destruction and cage bird trade are the major threats for the species. This species belongs to Schedule-I of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

A clumsy brownish grey bird with an enormous black and white curved bill surmounted with a peculiar ‘casque’ and long graduated tail. In female the casque is smaller. It lives in groups of 5 to 6 individuals. It inhabits well wooded country, roadside plantations, gardens and parks having trees. It is very fond of resting in Ficus trees. It is distributed in India (absent in north-east India), Pakistan and Nepal. It is omnivorous. Its diet consists of fruit and seeds. It also feeds on small mammals, birds, lizards, small snakes and insects. Hunting, pet trade and habitat loss is the major threat for the species.