SCALY-BREASTED MUNIA

 

Photographed near Cat Tien Nature Reserve, Vietnam, May 2024.

 (712*)                   SCALY-BREASTED MUNIA                 Lonchura punctulata

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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 native to tropical Asia. A species of the genus Lonchura. The species is endemic to Asia and occurs from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and the Philippines (where it is called mayang pakíng). It has been introduced into many other parts of the world,