In Southern Thailand and the Malay Peninsula, koels have shifted host from crows to mynas ( " Acridotheres " sp . ) as the latter became more common in the late 1900s . the European magpie and possibly the black-headed oriole.
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Common mynas ( " Acridotheres tristis " ) sometimes evict eggs, nestlings and adult common starlings from their nests, Nests can be raided by animals capable of climbing to them, such as stoats ( " Mustela erminea " ), raccoons ( " Procyon lotor " ) and squirrels ( " Sciurus " spp . ),
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Even in the deteriorated condition of the lake, birds such as the White-breasted Kingfisher ( " Halcyon smyrnensis " ), Magpie Robin ( " Copsychus saularis " ), Little Egrets, Common Mynas ( " Acridotheres tristis " ), Brahminy Kites, Black Drongos, Bulbuls, greater coucals, purple sunbirds, etc ., ( some are pictured in the gallery ) have been reported in and around the lake periphery.
