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JAVAN GREEN MAGPIE
( Cissa thalassina)
A hidden keeper uses a puppet to feed a 43-day-old Javan Green Magpie at the Prague Zoo in the Czech Republic. The bird, which is endemic to the Indonesian island of Java, is one of the most critically endangered birds on earth. As few as 100 are believed to be left in the world. Wikipedia states that in the wild, Javan Green Magpies dye themselves bright green by eating green insects that contain a yellow pigment called lutein. When kept in cages, their colour can change from green to blue due to inadequate diet.
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