SCALY-BREASTED MUNIA

 

Photographed near Siem Reap, Cambodia, November 2023

(* 712)              NUTMEG MANNIKIN             Lonchura punctulata

CAMBODIA                       35

Also known as Spice Finch, Spice Bird, Scaly-breasted Munia or Scaly Breasted Mannikin. Found in grasslands, crops, rank roadside growth urban wastelands, lantana thickets, vineyards. 10.5-11.5 cm. Range: native from India to s. China, Malaysia, Philippines to e. Indonesia.