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If You in childhood often play into the rice paddy dykes, then saw a group of cattle, water buffalo, usually will also see some birds are black with hair neatly near the base of the upper beak. Birds often play in Buffalo over the body, sometimes eating insects that are stuck in the body of the Buffalo. Out of habit, the black bird was named the Buffalo myna (Acridotheres javanicus).
The Javanese said Starling of rape, while those of the foreigners call it white-vented myna.
the Buffalo myna has long been popular, even already maintained a number of bird enthusiasts in Indonesia since decades ago. Some fans liked the bird because of its uniqueness, namely, Twitter while nodding my head, and develop feather – feathers on his head. In addition, the Buffalo myna also known be chattering one-two word taught.
Habitat and habits
These birds live in bekelompok. They are often seen on farms alongside a group of Buffalo. This is the actual get-together of rape, because starlings are frequently seen this one on top of the head or the back of a Buffalo, to search for food in the form of a Buffalo head lice or other insects such as flies that alighted in the body of the cattle.
In other words, the second beast form relationships of mutual benefit (symbiosis mutualistis). Buffalo never feel disturbed, even his body cleaned birds from ticks and other insects. While the Buffalo myna gets extra free video, as well as indirect protection from the threat of predators such as the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) crater which is the enemy of the magnitude. If starlings are already on top of the body of water buffaloes, peregrine falcons do not dare approach it.
The famous bird very Frisky is often found in rice paddies, dykes area plantations, primary and secondary forest, and grasslands. The breed, they make nests in the holes of trees, or sometimes nest on the rooftops of houses that are close to the area of rice fields.
Long legs make this bird can walk like a chicken, and used his feet to forage at ground level. Usually, they paw the ground to look for worms, crickets, or larvae of bees that are buried in the ground. Habits and behavior, as well as how the passage, reminiscent of branjangan birds in the wild.
The Buffalo myna distribution area includes large areas of Southeast Asia, including Indonesia (Java, Bali, and Sumatra). Perkembangbiakannya very quickly, so that in some countries it is even nicknamed the bird pests. Another case with Indonesia, especially in Java, this bird was hunted to be traded. In fact there are also offer it as a medicinal ingredient, or even made into fine dining.
However, because of rapid perkembangbiakannya, it is not yet too annoying to population in the wild. It certainly will be more secure if it starts breeding efforts, so his fate is not as white and bali starlings.
