Jalak Bali - Endemic birds of Bali |
Scientific classification :
kingdom : Animalia
phylum : Chordata
Order : Aves
family : Sturnidae
species : Leucopsar Rothschildi
Jalak Bali has a special feature, the white color on the entire body except the tip of the tail and wings are black. On the cheeks unfeathered, bright blue and legs grayish. Males and females, glance virtually no difference, it's just the size of the body can be distinguished from males usually larger than females, and the crest on the head is more erect than female birds.
Jalak Bali Black Tip |
Characteristics :
Color white fur on his body clean with the tip of the tail and wings are black. While the unfeathered cheek.
Jalak Bali has dark brown eyes, while the area around the eyelids with dark blue furry. This appears to contrast with the color of his fur.
Decorated crested head. This charming beauty found in the male sex and the female. The difference, the male has a forelock Bali starlings that are longer.
Jalak Bali has legs gray blue with four fingers (one back and three forwards).
Nice Blue Colour Of eyes |
Jalak Bali is usually located in the bushes and palm trees in the open, bordered by lush forests and closed. Jalak Bali eating as much as once a day and the food they consume is insects, worms, and crickets. He also made use of plants as food, among others juwet, cuttlefish or guava and banana.
Jalak Bali is a bird that likes clustered, but if you've found a partner then the birds are going to live together. They make nests in trees with a height less than 175 cm. In nature, Jalak shows the process of breeding birds in the period of the rainy season, around November to May Jalak Bali eggs are oval and bluish green. To hatch the eggs, Bali starlings take over the 17 days.
Dr.. Baron Stressmann a British ornithologist nationality on March 24, 1911, found and given a scientific name of the bird that is Leucopsar Rothschildi Jalak Bali, which are named according to the name of Walter Rothschild an animal expert from England who first compiled descriptions of bird species in 1912.
Jalak Bali as one of the exotic birds in Indonesia, often the target of the bird collectors and hunters in pursuit of high prices this bird. Jalak Bali bird population is highly endangered of extinction, habitat is getting annoyed by residential communities, as well as the community passing around Jalak Bali habitat. Suspected Jalak Bali is only a dozen tail alone in the wild.
Jalak Bali at wild life rescue |
established in Buleleng, Bali since 1995.