Bali Starling success
I 1987 ICBP in collaboration with other organisations, launched a programme to protect the 30 wild Bali starling in Bali Barat National Park and to increase the population with captive-bred birds. The Bali starling, a beautiful snow-white bird, is the only endemic bird to Bali. Birds are now breeding in Surabaya Zoological Park, East Java, and 13 marked offspring were released into the wild last April. Some birds have integrated well into the population. Unfortunately one bird was caught by local bird trappers and was found for sale in a local market. It was identified by a small electronic transponder implanted in the bird. The bird trade is rife in Indonesia, where birds are caught for the large European, North American and Japanese bird markets. The Bali starling will remain in peril until first world countries control their trade in exotic and endangered birds.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 1, 1 February 1991, Page 7
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147Bali Starling success Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 1, 1 February 1991, Page 7
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