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.

Conservationists in Europe, including Chester Zoo, and North America say the only way to save this bird is to build up a captive population, and then later find a safe place to release them. Javan Green Magpie population at Chester Zoo: The latest tropical magpie to arrive at Chester Zoo joins three pairs that arrived a few weeks ago and spent six weeks in quarantine until last week, when they were released into their large outdoor aviaries for the first time.