Bali Mynah
There are variety of birds that is breed and kept in Wildlife Fauna Janda Baik. Here is only some of them.
Bali Mynah also known as *Rothschild's Mynah*, *Bali Myna* or *Bali
Mynah* is a medium-sized (up to 25cm 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. Placed in the monotypic genus *Leucopsar*, it
appears to be most closely related to *Sturnia * and the Brahminy Starling
which is currently placed in *Sturnus but will probably soon be split
therefrom as as presently delimited is highly paraphyletic (Jønsson &
Fjeldså 2006). The specific name commemorates the British ornithologist Lord
Rothschild, who described the bird in 1912.
The Bali Starling is distributed and endemicto the island of Bali in
Indonesia, where it is the island's only surviving endemic species. This
rare bird was discovered in 1910. The other Bali's endemic, the Bali Tiger,
was declared extinct in 1937. In 1991, the Bali Starling was designated the
fauna symbol of Bali; its local name is *kedis putih* ("white bird .
It is a very conspicuous bird when seen from up close. In its natural
habitat however it is far less conspicuous, using tree tops for cover and -
unlike other starlings - usually coming only to the ground to drink; this
would seem to be an adaptation to the fact that it is instantly noticeable
to predators when out in the open. The Bali Starling is critically
endangered, hovering immediately above extinction in the wild for several
years now (BirdLife International 2006). The last stronghold of the species
is at Bali Barat National Park; about 1,000 individuals are believed to be
held in captivity legally. In fact, the Bali Starling is so much in danger
that that national park has been set up just for the Bali Starling's
survival. The wild population was at an all-time low of just 6 birds in
2001, after the late-1990s wild population of 3-4 dozen was reduced by
poachers for the illegal pet trade.
There is at least one well-funded armed gang with access to bomb-making
equipment and possibly inside information that raided the local breeding and
release facilities in the early 2000s. In the attack the group maliciously
shot and killed eighty-five workers. Only one gang member was felled by
local authorities while the remaining suspects safely escaped. Continuing
releases raised the number of wild birds to 24 by March, 2005. Its decline
towards extinction has been caused by the urbanization of the island and by
illegal trapping for the caged-bird trade; indeed, the number of captive
birds bought on black marketis estimated to be twice the number of
legally-acquired individuals in the captive breeding program. The Bali
Starling is listed in Appendix I of CITES. Trade even in captive-bred
specimens is strictly regulated and the species is not generally available
legally to private individuals. However, experienced aviculturalists may
become affiliated with the captive-breeding program, allowing them to
legally keep this species.