Bali Starling Conservation Program
at Taman Safari Bali
Bali Starling Conservation Program
Our way of preserving wildlife is through engaging education and conservation programs, such as the conservation and release of Bali Starling, Sumatran Elephant, and Sumatran Tiger.
Bali Starling Conservation Program
(Leucopsar rothschildi)
of Bali Safari
The Bali starling, is now the second rarest bird in the world and relatively new to science being first described in 1912 by Baron Rothschild, hence its specific name.
This emblem bird of Bali is on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species and is currently listed as critically-endangered.
Over the last century, the Bali Starling as been hunted to near extinction. As well as suffering from man’s interference with its habitat, it has been widely trapped as a cage bird.
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Bali Starling Conservation Programs
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DISTRIBUTION | Bali Starling live in the lowland forested areas of North West Bali. |
HABITAT | Lowland forest |
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Omnivore – The Bali Starling eats fruit, insects, worms and small reptiles.
This species is endemic to the island of Bali, Indonesia.
The main threat to these beautiful birds is the pet trade for cage birds on black market.
Some conservation efforts to save them from extinction are still underway with many zoos and local conservation groups focused on breeding these birds with plan to release them back into the wild.