New Hanover Mannikin (Lonchura nigerrima) | Range and ID

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GrasslandTiny · 13 g

When to see the New Hanover Mannikin

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

Where to see the New Hanover Mannikin

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 1 country 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.

Papua New Guinea

Recorded as a rare visitor in Micronesia.

About the New Hanover Mannikin

New Hanover mannikin is a species of estrildid finch breeding in New Hannover. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000 to 50,000 km2. It is found in subtropical/ tropical (lowland) dry grassland habitat. The New Hanover mannikin has sometimes been treated as a subspecies of Mottled mannikin. The status of Mottled mannikin is evaluated as Least Concern.

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Easily confused with

Eastern Alpine MannikinLonchura monticolaThe eastern alpine mannikin or alpine munia is a species of estrildid finch native to the Papuan Peninsula. Forbes's MannikinLonchura forbesiForbes's mannikin or the New Ireland munia, is a species of estrildid finch breeding in Papua New Guinea. Grey-crowned MannikinLonchura nevermanniThe grey-crowned mannikin, or grey-crowned munia, is a species of estrildid finch of southern New Guinea.

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