From ‘gentle’ and ‘graceful’ to the ‘cane toad of the sky’: how Australia turned on the common myna
The Conversation · 22 Oct 2026

From ‘gentle’ and ‘graceful’ to the ‘cane toad of the sky’: how Australia turned on the common myna

Australians now loathe the common myna. But the bird was introduced for a reason – and was often liked and admired for most of its 164 years here.


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