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| Jalak Bali |
Bali Myna, also known as Rothschild’s Mynah, Bali Starling, or Bali Mynah, locally known as Jalak Bali, is a medium-sized, stocky myna, almost wholly white with a long, drooping crest, and black tips on the wings and tail.
Bali
starling (Leucopsar Rothschildi) is a type of warbler-sized, with a
length of approximately 25cm, of the tribe Sturnidae. He
is also recognized as Curik Rather than Starling. Bali Starling has
specific characteristics, of which have white fur on his entire body
except the tip of the tail and wings are black. The cheeks are not covered with fur, bright blue and legs grayish. Males and females alike.
Endemic to Indonesia, Bali Starling is found only in the western part of the island forests. This bird is also the only species endemic Bali and in 1991 was named the fauna symbol of Bali. The existence of this endemic species reserved.
Bali starling was first discovered in 1910. Bali starling Scientific name named after a British animal expert, Walter Rothschild, as the first to describe this species to the world of knowledge in 1912.
Because it looks beautiful and elegant, Bali starling bird into one of the most sought after by collectors and bird keepers. Poaching, loss of forest habitat and bird area is found to be very limited cause bird population is rapidly shrinking and endangered species in a short time. To prevent this to happen, the majority of zoos around the world running the Bali starling breeding program.
Endemic to Indonesia, Bali Starling is found only in the western part of the island forests. This bird is also the only species endemic Bali and in 1991 was named the fauna symbol of Bali. The existence of this endemic species reserved.
Bali starling was first discovered in 1910. Bali starling Scientific name named after a British animal expert, Walter Rothschild, as the first to describe this species to the world of knowledge in 1912.
Because it looks beautiful and elegant, Bali starling bird into one of the most sought after by collectors and bird keepers. Poaching, loss of forest habitat and bird area is found to be very limited cause bird population is rapidly shrinking and endangered species in a short time. To prevent this to happen, the majority of zoos around the world running the Bali starling breeding program.
