RT Journal T1 TRAINING PROCEDURE OF VOCAL MIMICRY BIRD, COMMON MYNA (ACRIDOTHERES TRISTIS) BY LOCAL TRAINERS IN KELANTAN, MALAYSIA A1 Ashiah Rosdi A1 Aainaa Amir A1 Aisyah Nawawi A1 Muhamad Azahar Abas A1 Nor Hizami Hassin A1 Zulhisyam Abdul Kari A1 Wan Yusoff Wan Shaharuddin A1 Mohd Yusri Mohd Naser A1 Muhammad Luqman Nordin A1 Kamarul Hambali JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences JO JAPS SN 1018-7081 VO 34 IS 3 SP 720 OP 728 YR 2024 FD 2024/05/31 DO DOI https://doi.org/10.36899/JAPS.2024.3.0758 AB

Acridotheres tristis, or common myna or Indian myna is a bird species that can mimic human words and sounds around them. Local trainers used to teach the common myna in the State of Kelantan to mimic the words taught using several training procedures. This study aims to determine whether the training procedures used by local trainers have helped in the training process, and the factors that affect the mimicry process for this species are also highlighted. Interview sessions were conducted in nine districts in the State of Kelantan to collect data from local trainers from November 2021 until May 2022. This study utilised the Kruskal-Wallis test to analyse the significant difference in training time among different training procedures and different types of food and water for common myna. The results indicated that the training procedures used by local trainers have affected the training time of this species (p ≤ 0.05). The mean value of training time for other scrape techniques is the lowest, which is considered the best training method in training common myna to mimic the words. The second highest mean value is none scraping methods, followed by scraping tongue using Lalang, which has the highest mean value. In addition, the types of food and water given to common myna by the local trainers during the training procedure did not show a significant difference in training time.

K1 Mimic, Acridotheres tristis, common myna, training procedure, local trainer PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2023-JAPS-880