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.

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.