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Chestnut-breasted Mannikin

Lonchura castaneothorax

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernSeedsWetlandDomed nestTiny · 14 g
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax), photo 1
Photo: Martin Hannan-Jones · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax), photo 2
Photo: Martin Hannan-Jones · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax), photo 3
Photo: Patrick Connolly · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax), photo 4
Photo: Richard Blake · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax), photo 5
Photo: Eric Knight · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax), photo 6
Photo: Natasha Taylor · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax), photo 7
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark · CC BY 2.0
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax), photo 8
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark · CC BY 2.0
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax), photo 9
Photo: Duncan McCaskill · CC BY 3.0
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax), photo 10
Photo: Duncan McCaskill · CC BY 3.0

When to see the Chestnut-breasted Mannikin

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Chestnut-breasted Mannikin

Regular range

The map shades 8 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Australia French Polynesia Papua New Guinea New Caledonia Indonesia Vanuatu Cook Islands Wallis & Futuna

About the Chestnut-breasted Mannikin

The chestnut-breasted mannikin, also known as the chestnut-breasted munia or bully bird, is a small brown-backed munia with a black face and greyish crown and nape. It has a broad ferruginous breast bar above a white belly. The species' natural range includes Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. It has also been introduced to French Polynesia and New Caledonia.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Tricolored Munia (Lonchura malacca) Tricolored MuniaLonchura malaccaThe tricoloured munia is an estrildid finch, native to Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and southern China. Chestnut Munia (Lonchura atricapilla) Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaSmall, sexes alike, races differ slightly in intensity of colour. Black-throated Munia (Lonchura kelaarti) Black-throated MuniaLonchura kelaartiThe black-throated munia or Jerdon's mannikin is a small passerine bird.

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