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Lonchura malacca
Sign in to saveAlso known as Tricolored Munia, Black-headed Munia, Tricoloured munia
species of bird
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyEstrildidae
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,479
- With media
- 292
- Family
- Estrildidae
- Collections
- WFVZ, USNM, ROM
- Recorded in
- Malaysia, Philippines
Bird sounds
- alarm call· India· quality A
- call· India· quality B
- song· Colombia· quality C
- call· India· quality C
via Xeno-canto
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Lonchura malacca
- Commons category
- Lonchura malacca
- litter size
- 5.5
- egg incubation period
- 12
- taxon common name
- Capuchino Tricolor
- short name
- L. malacca
- taxon range
- South America
- taxon author citation
- (Linnaeus, 1766)
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Encyclopedic overview
The tricoloured munia (Lonchura malacca) 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.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lonchura malacca” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.