地元、横浜の友達の結婚のお祝いに！
The Japanese name of this Bali Myna from Indonesia is Kanmuri-shiromuku. "Shiromuku" literary means a white starling but it also sounds like a special white wedding dress for brides. So here is my gift for my friend who got married recently in a traditional Japanese style!
In Yokohama, the captive-breeding program of this endangered Bali Myna has been quite successful and I read that 25 birds born in Yokohama were released in wild in the forest in Bali this year.
I found that this bird is also called Rothschild’s Mynah from Walter Rothschild who is the brother of Charles Rothschild, who made Wicken Fen and Woodwalton Fen as nature reserves.
I love writing articles on the blog because I always find something new! But since I start to look up information one after another, it takes much too long to post one!
How cute!(>∀<)これはみかちゃんへかな？
ReplyDeleteすてきですね。言葉と絵のかけ合わせ好きです。横浜って言うとズーラシアでしょうか? それとも野毛山? 町田が地元なので次回帰国したら行ってみたいです。
ReplyDeletebeluga先輩、
ReplyDeleteそうです！
Hiromiさん、
ズーラシアの中にある横浜市繁殖センターで行われているプロジェクトです。たぶん普通にカンムリシロムクが見られるのではないかと思っているのですが、最近、行っていないのでちょっとわからないです。