Buff-bellied Mannikin

Lonchura melaena

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicSeedsGrasslandDomed nestTiny · 13 g

When to see the Buff-bellied Mannikin

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

Where to see the Buff-bellied Mannikin

Regular range

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

About the Buff-bellied Mannikin

The buff-bellied mannikin, also known as the sooty munia or Bismarck munia, is a species of estrildid finch found in New Britain and Buka Island. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000 to 50,000 km2.

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