Madagascar Mannikin

Lepidopygia nana

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicSeedsWoodlandCavity nestTiny · 8 g

When to see the Madagascar Mannikin

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Madagascar Mannikin

Regular range

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

About the Madagascar Mannikin

The Madagascar mannikin is a common species of estrildid finch native to Madagascar. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 100,000 to 1,000,000 km2. Other names for this species include Madagascar munia, bibfinch, African bibfinch, African parsonfinch, and dwarf mannikin.

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