South Florida, USA black/white bird black crest (1 Viewer)

I live in South Florida, USA, which is on a migration flyway. We also have many released caged birds and, unfortunately, a thriving black market in tropical birds. Our area is semi-rural/wooded. At my backyard feeder, I saw a bird with white body, black wings (can't remember if tail was black or white), and a black head with a small black crest. It was about the size of a jay or larger woodpecker. It was catching mosquitoes on the fly. The closest resemblance is to a European Mynah, but the body was a little longer and again, it had a black crest, or a restless flycatcher, although it had more white, I think. The bill was black. Neither the European mynah or the restless flycatcher are native here. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.

Not sure how widespread they are now, but try Red-whiskered Bulbul; they have an introduced population in s. FL.

The bulbul sounds good, but what´s an European Mynha? Do you mean the European Starling?

By the size it sounds as though it could be an escaped Crested Myna. Have a look in Opus at the top of the home page.

Chris

The crest and shape are spot on, but I would swear it was only black and white. Thanks for the help.

That must be it. I guess the shading made it look just black and white. Hope it comes back and brings family.

Too much white for the crested myna, although the shape is right. Must have been the bulbul. I appreciate all the help!