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White-spotted Mannikin

Mayrimunia leucosticta

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernSeedsGrassland13 g
White-spotted Mannikin (Mayrimunia leucosticta), photo 1
Photo: Jay Pruett · CC BY 4.0
White-spotted Mannikin (Mayrimunia leucosticta), photo 2
Photo: (c) Jay Pruett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the White-spotted Mannikin

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the White-spotted Mannikin

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Papua New Guinea Indonesia

About the White-spotted Mannikin

The white-spotted mannikin is a small passerine bird in the family Estrildidae. It is endemic to southern New Guinea.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Streak-headed Mannikin (Mayrimunia tristissima) Streak-headed MannikinMayrimunia tristissimaMainly dark brown plumage with light streaking on head and yellowish rump; subspecies leucosticta also with white spotting on face, breast and upper wing-coverts.

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