Rare Javan Green Magpie At Chester Zoo In Extinction Prevention Attempt

The Javan Green magpie is a Critically Endangered bird, bird endemic to West Java and little is known on the biology of this species in the wild, made all the more difficult due to the increasing difficulty in finding wild individuals.

WWF Global quoted Dr. Chris R. Shepherd, Regional Director for TRAFFIC (a wildlife trade monitoring network) in Southeast Asia, who said: "The volume of trade is so high that once common wild birds are vanishing at an alarming rate, literally trapped out of existence." Bird Life International says the Javan Green Magpie has been categorized by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) as Critically Endangered. This means it is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.