The white-necked myna (''Streptocitta albicollis'') is a large, long-tailed species of

starling Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Sturnidae. The Sturnidae are named for the genus '' Sturnus'', which in turn comes from the Latin word for starling, ''sturnus''. Many Asian species, particularly the larger ones, ...

in the family Sturnidae. Due to its superficial resemblance to a magpie, it has been referred to as the Celebes magpie or Sulawesi magpie in the past. It is

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to forests on Sulawesi and adjacent smaller islands in

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. There are two subspecies: the

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from the southern part of Sulawesi has a yellow-tipped bill, and ''torquata'' from the northern part of the island has an all-black bill.

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Birds described in 1818 Australasian realm fauna Endemic birds of Sulawesi Streptocitta Taxa named by Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Sturnidae-stub