Black-breasted Mannikin

Lonchura teerinki

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicSeedsGrasslandDomed nestTiny · 13 g

When to see the Black-breasted Mannikin

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-breasted Mannikin

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Black-breasted Mannikin

The black-breasted mannikin, also known as black-breasted munia, is a species of estrildid finch endemic to West Papua, Indonesia. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000 to 50,000 km2. It is found in subtropical/ tropical lowland dry shrubland and high altitude grassland habitat. The status of the species is Least Concern.

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