Grey-headed Mannikin

Lonchura caniceps

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicSeedsWetlandDomed nestTiny · 8 g

When to see the Grey-headed Mannikin

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Grey-headed Mannikin

Regular range

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

About the Grey-headed Mannikin

The grey-headed mannikin or grey-headed munia is a species of estrildid finch, native to the Papuan Peninsula. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 50,000 to 100,000 km2. It is found in moist savanna, shrubland & wetlands. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

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