Lonchura is a genus of the estrildid finch family, and includes munias (or minias) and mannikins. They are seed-eating birds that are found in South Asia ...
Lonchura
Bird
Lonchura is a genus of the estrildid finch family, and includes munias and mannikins. They are seed-eating birds that are found in South Asia from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka east to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines. Wikipedia
Family: Estrildidae
Scientific name: Lonchura
Class: Aves
Genus: Lonchura; Sykes, 1832
Kingdom: Animalia
Order: Passeriformes
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The scaly-breasted munia or spotted munia (Lonchura punctulata), known in the pet trade as nutmeg mannikin or spice finch, is a sparrow-sized estrildid finch ...
The only munia in its range with white on the lower back and rump. It has a blackish-brown head and back with pure white underparts and rump.
The white-rumped munia or white-rumped mannikin (Lonchura striata), sometimes called striated finch in aviculture, is a small passerine bird from the family ...
Attractive small songbird of grasslands, gardens, fields, and agricultural areas. Native to India and Southeast Asia, with introduced populations scattered ...
1. capitalized : a large genus of weaverbirds including the well-known cowry bird 2. plural -s : any bird of Lonchura or a closely related genus.
The scaly-breasted munia or spotted munia, known in the pet trade as nutmeg mannikin or spice finch, is a sparrow-sized estrildid finch native to tropical ...
The scaly-breasted munia or spotted munia (Lonchura punctulata), known in the pet trade as nutmeg mannikin or spice finch, is a sparrow-sized estrildid ...
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence < ...
Inhabits grassland, including cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica), open wetlands, freshwater marshes and brackish margins of coastal mangroves, and rice paddies; ...