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When to see the Great-billed 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 Great-billed Mannikin
The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States.
About the Great-billed Mannikin
The great-billed mannikin or grand munia is a species of estrildid finch found in northern and eastern New Guinea. It is found in wetlands habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
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Easily confused with
Buff-bellied MannikinLonchura melaenaThe 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.
Black-breasted MannikinLonchura teerinkiThe black-breasted mannikin, also known as black-breasted munia, is a species of estrildid finch endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.
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