Tricoloured Munia

Tricoloured Munia

Taxobox
name = Tricoloured Munia
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Estrildidae
genus = " Lonchura "
species = "L. malacca"
binomial = "Lonchura malacca"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1766)The Tricoloured Munia "Lonchura malacca" is a estrildid finch, native to India and Sri Lanka. The species was also introduced to Australia, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Japan, Portugal, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.

Taxonomic note

"Lonchura malacca" (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into "L. malacca" and the Black-headed Munia "L. atricapilla".

Habitat

The Tricoloured Munia is a small gregarious bird which feeds mainly on grain and other seeds. It inhabits wet grassland habitats. It may also be found in tropical lowland moist forest habitats.

References

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=8713&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]


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