Tricolored Munia

About the Tricolored Munia

The tricoloured munia is an estrildid finch, native to Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and southern China. The species has also been introduced to the Caribbean, in Trinidad, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Venezuela. This species, like the chestnut munia has been known as the black-headed munia. Immature birds have pale brown upperparts, lack the dark head found in adults, and have uniform buff underparts that can be confused with immatures of other munias such as the scaly-breasted munia.

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Where the Tricolored Munia lives

Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, Australia, Portugal, Bahamas, Martinique, Spain.

When to see the Tricolored Munia

Peak activity in October · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaSmall, sexes alike, races differ slightly in intensity of colour. Chestnut-breasted MannikinLonchura castaneothoraxThe chestnut-breasted mannikin, also known as the chestnut-breasted munia or bully bird, is a small brown-backed munia with a black face and greyish crown and nape. Black-throated MuniaLonchura kelaartiThe black-throated munia or Jerdon's mannikin is a small passerine bird.