This week Mongabay publishes an elaborate article about Captive Breeding of song birds in Indonesia. Inge Tielen and Bertie Frens comment on the long running efforts at the Cikanange Conservation Breeding Center for among other species the Javan green magpie. The Mongabay article can be found here: Mongabay – Is captive breeding the answer to Indonesia’s songbird crisis?

A Javan green magpie at the Cikananga facility. Image by Nadine Freischlad for Mongabay.

More articles on Cikananga’s conservation efforts will be published in the coming weeks by Mongabay news.