WHITE-RUMPED MUNIA

 

1054                  WHITE-RUMPED MUNIA                     Lonchura striata

CAMBODIA            23    

Resident Indian subcontinent, C and S China, Taiwan, Sumatra, common throughout SE Asia.  Lives in clearings, secondary growth, scrub and grass and cultivation.

YELLOW-RUMPED MANNIKIN

Photographed at Katherine, Northern Territory, April 2018

1250                 YELLOW-RUMPED MANNIKIN                  Lonchura flaviprymna

AUSTRALIA              745

Also known as Yellow-rumped Munia. Found in eastern Kimberley, WA, and nw NT. Usually in subtropical to tropical mangroves, moist savanna and wetland habitat.

Katherine January 2024

WHITE-HEADED MUNIA

Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017

(*  813)                  WHITE-HEADED MUNIA             Lonchura maja

MALAYSIA              48

Found in grassland, cultivation, rice paddies, scrub,up to 500 m. 11.5 cm. Uncommon to locally fairly common resident Peninsula Malaysia.

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.

JAVAN MUNIA

Photographed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 2017

(* 811)         JAVAN MUNIA                    Lonchura leucogastroides         

SRI LANKA                3

Subspecies striata. Found in forests, open wooded areas, scrub and cultivation. 10-11 cm. Fairly common breeding resident in lowlands and up to mid hills.

CHESTNUT MUNIA

Photographed in Singapore (Sungei Buloh Wetlands) November 2016

927                  CHESTNUT MUNIA             Lonchura atricapilla

SINGAPORE (Sungei Buloh Wetlands)              (85)

Declining in numbers, found in grasslands,freshwater marshes, secondary scrub, and especially in areas of rank grass. 11 cm. Distribution: E India, S China, mainland Southeast Asia, east to Philippines, Sulawesi and Moluccas.

BLACK-FACED MUNIA

Photographed on Nusa Penida, Indonesia October 2016 

(868)              BLACK-FACED MUNIA                   Lonchura molucca  

INDONESIA (Nusa Penida)          (91)        

Frequents forest clearings, open regrown areas, fields and plantations; often found in tall grasses near roads and villages, its predominate habitat throughout Indonesia; occurs from coast into lower hills. 11 cm. Distribution: Indonesia and Timor Leste; widespread and locally common resident throughout most of Wallacea.

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.

WHITE-HEADED MUNIA

Photographed in Denpasar, Bali October 2016

(813)                  WHITE-HEADED MUNIA             Lonchura maja

INDONESIA (Bali)         (7)

Found in open country, also in coastal marshes, fields, cultivated areas and low scrub. 11 cm. Range: Sundra subregion: locally common resident on Sumatra, Java and Bali.

JAVAN MUNIA

Photographed in Denpasar, Bali October 2016

(811)              JAVAN MUNIA              Lonchura leucogastroides

INDONESIA (Bali)          (4)

Found in all types of open country, cultivated fields, grasslands and gardens, from beach up to 1,800 m. 11 cm. Range: Indonesian endemic; Widespread and common resident on Java, Bali and Lombok; has also expanded into south Sumatra.

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.

MAGPIE MANNIKIN

401         MAGPIE MANNIKIN                Spermestes fringilloides

South Africa           (94)

Also called Magpie Munia. Range across southern and central Africa. Found in subtropical/tropical (lowland) moist shrubland, forest and dry grassland habitat. 13 cm.

BRONZE MANNIKIN

373               BRONZE MANNIKIN                 Lonchura cucullata

South Africa       (66)

Also known as Bronze Munia. Range much of South Africa south of Sahara Desert.  9-10 cm.