Bali Myna

 

Virtually extinct. Also known as Rothschikd's Mynah. It is almost entirely white with long head plumes and black wing tips. It has blue bare skin around the eyes, greyish legs and a yellow bill. Endemic to Bali where it was formaly ranged across the north-west third of the island, the species was never very widely distributed. Unsustainable illegal trapping in response world wide demand for cage-bird trade has driven this bird to virtual extinction in the wild. As of 2015, less than 100 adults are assumed to exist in the wild, with about 1000 believed to survive in captivity.

 

Fragile Garden, Zoo, 21 July 2022     

f5.6, 1/320. @400mm, ISO 2500,

FE 100-400/4.5-5.6 GM, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2