Critically endangered Bali starlings


Critically endangered Bali starlings (Leucopsar rothschildi), also known as Bali mynah, perch inside a cage at a zoo in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. There are estimated only around 100 of one of the world's rarest birds are left in the wild.



A zoo official holds a critically endangered Bali starlings (Leucopsar rothschildi), also known as Bali mynah, at a zoo in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. There are estimated only around 100 of one of the world's rarest birds are left in the wild.



A zoo official implants a microchip under the skin of a critically endangered Bali starlings (Leucopsar rothschildi), also known as Bali mynah, at a zoo in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. There are estimated only around 100 of one of the world's rarest birds are left in the wild.

source: daylife

photo: AP photo