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Alternative name: Magpie Munia
- Spermestes fringilloides
Identification
Distribution
Southern and central Africa.
Taxonomy
This species has two subspecies, fringilloides and pica; however, pica is not recognized by all authorities.
Magpie Mannikin is sometimes placed in the genus Lonchura.
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical (lowland) moist shrubland, forest and dry grassland habitat.