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title: "Bali Myna"
description: "Leucopsar rothschildi — Uccelli. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/bali-myna
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bali Myna

> Leucopsar rothschildi — Uccelli. 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.

- Scientific name: *Leucopsar rothschildi*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 983
- Wikidata: [Q756868](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q756868)
- iNaturalist taxon: [15041](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/15041)

## Names

- en: Bali Myna
- de: Balistar
- es: Estornino de Bali
- fr: Étourneau de Rothschild
- nl: Balispreeuw
- pt: Estorninho-de-bali
- pl: Szpak balijski

## Countries with the most observations

ID (370)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bali_myna

## Photo

![Bali Myna](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bali-myna/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/277410192

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bali-myna?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).