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Songbirds

Bali Myna

Leucopsar rothschildi

• legendary
• 32 km/h
• Critically Endangered

Snow-white with electric-blue eye masks. Almost poached to extinction; your message rides the rescue.

Population

Fewer than 50 mature individuals in the wild (1-49, decreasing per IUCN/BirdLife), sustained largely by ongoing captive-bred releases; roughly 1,000 additional individuals held in captivity worldwide

Habitat

Fire-induced open shrub, tree, and palm-savanna plus adjacent closed-canopy tropical monsoon forest below ~175 m elevation during the breeding season; disperses to open forest edge and flooded savanna woodland outside breeding; nests in tree cavities

Fun fact

The Bali myna is Bali's only endemic vertebrate species and was named the island's official faunal emblem in 1991, appearing on the Indonesian 200-rupiah coin.

Range

Endemic to Bali, Indonesia (extent of occurrence ~38 km²) — historically the northwest of the island, now confined mainly to West Bali National Park with reintroduced/managed populations on Nusa Penida and at Melinggih Kelod; Bali's only endemic vertebrate

Diet

Fruit (figs, papaya, nectar), seeds, and insects/invertebrates such as ants, termites, caterpillars, dragonflies, and grasshoppers; occasionally worms and small reptiles

Size

0.25 m

Lifespan

15 years