Move to save two iconic songbirds

Endangered and in demand: (from left) The white-rumped sharma at a market in Indonesia, and the straw headed bulbul. — Photos by Traffic and Dr Chan Ah Lak respectively.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia is tabling two international proposals to save two iconic songbird species – the white-rumped sharma and the straw-headed bulbul – from further decline in numbers in the wild.

According to Perhilitan’s Facebook, Malaysia has submitted the proposal to list the Kittacincla malabarica or white-rumped sharma under Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).