Bali Starling Adult
The Bali Starling (Leucopsar rothschildi), also known as Rothschild’s Mynah, Bali Myna, or Bali Mynah, locally known as Jalak Bali, is a medium-sized (up to 25 cm long), stocky myna, almost wholly white with a long, drooping crest, and black tips on the wings and tail. The bird has blue bare skin around the eyes, greyish legs and a yellow bill. Both sexes are similar.
Bali Starling was first discovered in 1910. Bali starling scientific name of animals named after a British expert, Walter Rothschild, as the first to describe this species to the world of knowledge in 1912.
Because of the beautiful and elegant appearance, Bali starlings to be one of the most popular birds by collectors and keepers of birds. Illegal arrest, loss of forest habitat, and the bird was found to be very limited cause of bird population is rapidly shrinking and endangered species in a short time. To prevent this to happen, most zoos around the world run the Bali starling breeding program.
Bali Starling Baby
A 'breeding loan' involves 12 breeders who each received 15 male and 15 female from the association of Starling Conservationists from Bogor, West Java. As a collateral every breeder should put up a cow in case all the birds died. The breeders are obliged to release 10 percent of the brood into the national park and the rest can be sold off privately.