Bali Myna

Leucopsar rothschildi

Description

Leucopsar rothschildi is a type of warbler that is medium in size, with a length of 25 cm and a weight of 107.75 grams, belonging to the Sturnidae family. This species is better known as “Curik Bali”, is an endemic animal of Bali, and in 1991 it was named the fauna symbol of Bali Province. Male individual bodies are larger and more manly than female individuals. The head of the male is bigger and has a long shape and has a long crest, while the head of the female is smaller and tends to be rounded with a shorter crest. Dominant white body color, at the tip of the wing feathers and tail feathers are black with a width of 25 mm. The lids of the eyes are dark blue around the eyeball, the beak is pointed 2–3 cm long, at the tip brownish yellow, the jaw is blackish gray. The chirp is very distinctive in the form of a mixture of whistles that has a brief pause and a shrill sound. This bird is classified as a noisy, and chattering bird, sometimes imitating the sounds of other birds

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

107.75 gram

LENGTH

25 cm

Ar

Arboreal

Ca

Carnivore

Di

Diurnal

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Aves

ORDER

:

Passeriformes

FAMILY

:

Sturnidae

GENUS

:

Leucopsar

SPECIES

:

Leucopsar rothschildi

Distribution

Leucopsar rothschildi likes mangrove forest habitat, swamp forest, lowland monsoon forest and savanna areas. Spread naturally only in West Bali National Park (TNBB)

Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : Indonesia (Bali Island)

Habits and Lifestyle

In its natural habitat, Leucopsar rothschildi is a type of bird that flies in groups, and during the breeding season which lasts from September to December they fly in pairs while looking for food. Leucopsar rothschildi has the same daily activities, namely after sunrise, at 05.00-05.30 WITA they start flying in groups to the place to eat / drink, and they return to bed before sunset at 14.30 WITA. This daily activity will stop at 18.45 WITA. Its daily radius of movement varies from 3-10 km depending on environmental conditions. Although in nature Bali starlings are the wildest birds, their activities are always accompanied by voice communication between the existing pairs. Leucopsar rothschildi is a bird that likes cleanliness, likes to play water to clean its body. After that, they dry their bodies, the hair drying is done by soaking up the sun and perching on tree branches. The hairs will dry out and come back shiny even more radiant.

Lifestyle

Arboreal

Biome

Mangrove forests, swamp forests, lowland monsoon forests and savanna areas

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

Leucopsar rothschildi is an omnivore species, mainly feeding on fruit, seeds, worms and insects.

Diet : Omnivora

Mating Habits

Leucopsar rothschildi is a monogamous animal, which only has one partner in one breeding season, so the sex ratio is 1: 1, the mating season lasts from September to December and the age from the mating process starts 7-9 months with a maximum number of 3 eggs incubated. by both broodstock for about 16 days. According to Thompson and Brown (2001), Leucopsar rothschildi carried out a mating process in nature at the age of two years and the productive period of the Bali starlings in producing offspring for males up to 17 years and for females up to 12 years of age. These animals make nests in tree holes at an altitude of 2.5-7 m from the ground.

Reproduction session : September to December

Incubation periods: 16 days

Independent age : –

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : 3 eggs

Population

Population status : Critically Endangered (CR)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

Population threats​

The main threat of Leucopsar rothschildi is caused by illegal fishing or poaching, and besides that in nature, there are many predators such as lizards and snakes.

Population number​

Leucopsar rothschildi is a critically endangered species because it has a small population and there is still a lot of poaching about this species.

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