SCALY-BREASTED MUNIA

 

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

 (712*)                   SCALY-BREASTED MUNIA                 Lonchura punctulata

VIETNAM                 19

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,

SCALY-BREASTED MUNIA

Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017

(*   712)                 SCALY-BREASTED MUNIA              Lonchura punctulata

MALAYSIA               20

Associated with human cultivation, especially paddy fields, grassland, old mining land and suburban areas. 10 cm. In Malaysian Peninsula since 1993.

SCALY-BREASTED MUNIA

March 2017

 (*   712)         SCALY-BREASTED MUNIA                 Lonchura punctulata

SRI LANKA            150

Found in cultivation and gardens. 10.7-12 cm. Common breeding resident throughout Sri Lanka.

NUTMEG MANNIKIN

Photographed in Denpasar, Bali October 2016

(see 712)                  NUTMEG MANNIKIN             Lonchura punctuate

INDONESIA (Bali)          (8)

Also known as Spice Finch, Spice Bird, Scaly-breasted Munia or Scaly Breasted Mannikin.Found in open country, frequents open woodlands, fields, cultivation and gardens. 11 cm. Range: Oriental region: introduced into Hawaii, Australia and Seychelles; widespread and common on Sumatra, Java, Bali and parts of Wallace.

NUTMEG MANNIKIN

Photographed in Caines, Queensland October 2015

712              NUTMEG MANNIKIN             Lonchura punctulata

Australia          (554)

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. Introduced from aviary escapes near Brisbane, Townsville, Rockhampton (Q), Sydney (NSW), from c. 1930. Widespread from c. Cooktown (Q) to Moruya (NSW), mostly coastal but inland to Miles (Q), Mudgee (NSW). Common, expanding.