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ShrublandDomed nestTiny · 13 g
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The pale-headed munia is a small finch measuring approximately 10–11cm in length and weighing around 10–15g, with a striking white or pale buff head contrasting against a dark body. Adults are rich chestnut brown above, with a reddish-brown tail and a pale buff to peach-washed underside. The bill is pale blue-grey, the iris dark brown, and legs pale bluish-grey. Juveniles are much duller and browner overall but typically show a paler head. No significant sexual dimorphism is noted. Voice: The species produces weak, high-pitched "weee" contact calls and stronger, metallic "wit-wit-wit" notes, often given in flight or while foraging in flocks.
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When to see the Pale-headed Munia
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Pale-headed Munia
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 Australia.
About the Pale-headed Munia
The pale-headed munia is a species of estrildid finch native to eastern Indonesia and Timor-Leste. It inhabits subtropical and tropical lowlands, dry shrubland, grassland, marshes and agricultural areas. The species has shown recent range expansion due to increasing agriculture and land clearance. It has recently crossed the Wallace Line to establish breeding populations on Nusa Penida, and is now recorded on Bali. It has also become an increasingly frequent vagrant in northwestern Australia from the 2020s onward, with arrivals likely aided by monsoon winds and cyclones.
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