Leucopsar rothschildi
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The Bali myna (Leucopsar rothschildi), also known as Rothschild's mynah, Bali starling, or Bali mynah, locally known as jalak Bali, is a medium-sized (up to 25 cm (9.8 in) long), stocky myna native to northeast Bali in Indonesia. It is almost wholly white with a long, drooping crest, and black tips on the wings and tail. The bird has blue bare skin around the eyes, greyish legs and a brown and yellow bill. Both sexes are similar. It is critically endangered and in 2020, fewer than 50 adults were assumed to exist in the wild.
The Bali myna was formally described in 1912 by the German ornithologist Erwin Stresemann based on a female specimen collected on the island of Bali in Indonesia. He introduced a new genus Leucopsar and coined the binomial name Leucopsar rothschildi. The genus name combines the Ancient greek λευκός (leukos) meaning "white" with ψάρ (psar) meaning "starling". The specific epithet was chosen to honour Walter Rothschild who had allowed Stresemann to examine birds at his museum in Tring, Hertfordshire, England.
The Bali myna remains the only species placed in the genus Leucopsar. It appears to be most closely related to Sturnia and the... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ragunan Zoo | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | San Diego Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Shedd Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | ZooParc de Beauval | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Copenhagen Zoo | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 6 | Zoorasia | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 7 | Lisbon Oceanarium | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 8 | North Carolina Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Tulsa Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Korkeasaari Zoo | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 11 | Taman Safari Bali (Bali Safari) | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 12 | Bali Zoo | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 13 | Aquarium de Lyon | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 14 | Hodonín Zoo | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 15 | San Diego Zoo Safari Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | Minnesota Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 17 | Taipei Zoo | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 18 | Columbus Zoo and Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 19 | Bronx Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 20 | Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China | |
| 21 | Brookfield Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 22 | Dallas Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 23 | Phoenix Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 24 | Parco Natura Viva | 🇮🇹 Italy | |
| 25 | Louisville Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 26 | Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 27 | Edinburgh Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 28 | Moody Gardens | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 29 | Night Safari | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 30 | Nyíregyháza Zoo | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 31 | Zoo Knoxville | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 32 | Memphis Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 33 | Wildlands | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 34 | Parc Zoologique et Botanique de Mulhouse | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 35 | San Antonio Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 36 | Gembira Loka Zoo | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 37 | Zoologischer Garten Magdeburg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 38 | Wanpi World Zoo | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 39 | Zoo Atlanta | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 40 | Surabaya Zoo | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 41 | Bandung Zoo | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 42 | El Paso Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 43 | Riverbanks Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 44 | Cleres Zoological Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 45 | Lincoln Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 46 | Plock Zoo | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 47 | Tiergarten Straubing | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 48 | NaturZoo Rheine | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 49 | Birdworld | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 50 | Gladys Porter Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States |
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Bali Myna sighting in Bali Barat National Park on a given day, based on 193 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 173 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July–August and November
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Bali Myna in Bali Barat National Park on a given day, against about 40% in October, the lowest month. Those are among Bali Barat National Park's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain a month against 280 mm in February.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bali Myna sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Bali Barat National Park, in our data
Bali Barat National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bali Myna sightings: about 70% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Sturnidae
The closest relatives of the Bali Myna that you can see in Bali Barat National Park (family Sturnidae, Starlings) are Javan Myna (about 40%), Black-winged Starling (about 30%) and Indian Pied Starling (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bali Myna is recorded against all the birds logged in Bali Barat National Park (193 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
