Bali Mynah

Bali Mynah

The Bali Mynah is restricted to the island of Bali and its offshore islands in Indonesia (and this aviary in Hong-Kong), where it is the island's only endemic vertebrate species. In 1991, the bird was designated the faunal emblem of Bali. Featured on the Indonesian 200 rupiah coin, its local name is jalak Bali (Balinese script: ᬚᬮᬓ᭄ᬩᬮᬶ).

The Bali Mynah is critically endangered, and the wild population has been close to extinction since at least 1994. As of 2015, less than 100 adults are assumed to exist in the wild, with about 1,000 believed to survive in captivity.

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM
135 mm
ISO 100
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Central, Hong Kong

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