Bali Starling is Very Beatiful Bird

 Bali Starling

Bali Starling (Leucopsar rothschildi) or also called Curik Bali is a kind of bird is more or less the length of 25 cm. White babbler bird species endemic to Indonesia this is found only in western part of Bali Island. This bird is also the only species endemic to the island of Bali that still remained after the Bali tiger extinct. Since 1991, the animals that enter the category of "critical" (Critically Endangered) in the IUCN Redlist and nearly extinct in their natural habitat was crowned as the fauna of identity (mascot), the province of Bali.

 

Bali Starling was first discovered by Dr. Baron Stressmann a British ornithologist nationality on March 24, 1911. Scientific Names Bali Starling (Leucopsar rothschildi) named according to the name of Walter Rothschild's British veterinary expert who first describing the species in 1912.

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Bali Starling bird is easily identified with specific characteristics, among them a white feather in her entire body except at the tip of the tail and wings black. Bali Starling has cheeks that are not covered in fur, bright blue and the feet are grayish. Between males and females alike.

Bali Starling (Leucopsar rothschildi) is a wildlife animal (in their natural habitat), the population is very rare and in danger of extinction. It is estimated that the number of species that are still able to survive in the wild is only about a dozen tails only.

Therefore, the Bali Starling received serious attention from the government of the Republic of Indonesia, namely to the enactment of such creatures as wild animals protected by law. Legal protection to save the animals was determined based on the Decree of the Minister of Agriculture No. 421/Kpts/Um/8/1970 August 26, 1970. Based on Government Regulation No. 7 of 1999 concerning the Preservation of Plants and Animals Bali Starling is a prohibited species listed except result of captive breeding of the third generation (not from the natural breeding).

In international trade convention for the bodies of wild CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) Bali Starling is listed on Appendix I, which is a group that threatened extinction and banned for trade. Medium IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) include Bali Starling in the category of "critical" (Critically Endangered), which was given conservation status of species that have large risk will become extinct in the wild or be completely extinct in the near future .

Extinction Bali Starling (Leucopsar rothschildi) in their natural habitat caused by deforestation (deforestation) and illegal trade. Even in 1999, a total of 39 fish in the Bali Starling breeding center in West Bali National Park, robbed. Though breeding aims to released into these endangered animals into the wild.

To avoid extinction, captive breeding center has been established that one of them located in Buleleng, Bali since 1995. In addition, most zoos around the world also carry Bali Starling breeding program. But it still appears a question in my heart, maybe the next few years we will only see Bali Starling, the mascot of Bali, behind a cage of a zoo-cage. One thing that is ironic, to see a mascot that must be kept in an iron cage.

Scientific Classification: Kingdom: Animalia. Phylum: Chordata, Order: Aves, Family: Sturnidae, Species: Leucopsar rothschildi. 

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