Mayrimunia
Sign in to saveMayrimunia is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae that are endemic to New Guinea.
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Mayrimunia is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae that are endemic to New Guinea.
The genus was introduced in 1949 by the German ornithologist Hans Edmund Wolters with the streak-headed mannikin as the type species. The name was chosen to honour the evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr and combines his name with the genus Munia.
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