BALI MYNA

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016

(840)              BALI MYNA                    Leucopsar rothschildi  

INDONESIA (Bali)         (54)        

Historically confined to the coastal forest of north-west Bali it has now been reintroduced there and on the island of Nusa Penida. 25 cm. Indonesian endemic: a rare resident along the north-west coast of Bali only. Critically endangered with global extinction.

Note: Historically confined to the coastal forest of north-west Bali; While previously found in flocks of hundreds in the area of the north-west of Bali the world population was down to 6 individuals in 2001. Breeding programs are helping this bird recover. Though there may be as many as 1,000 birds in captivity around the world.