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Alternative names: Bismarck Munia; Buff-bellied Mannikin; Sooty Munia; Thick-billed Mannikin; New Britain Mannikin

Lonchura melaena

Identification

11 cm

  • Black head and breast
  • Blackish-brown mantle, back and wing

Distribution

Australasia: found in Papua New Guinea.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies[1]:

  • L. m. melaena:
  • New Britain (south-eastern Bismarck Archipelago)
  • L. m. bukaensis:
  • Buka (Solomon Islands)

Habitat

Dry grassland, swamps, gardens and open forests.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of seeds and sugar cane seed heads.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2015)
  3. Wikipedia

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