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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lonchura
- Mass
- 0.95
- Image
- White-rumped Munia (Lonchura striata) (5780780488).jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Lonchura striata
- taxon name
- Lonchura striata
- Commons gallery
- Lonchura striata
- litter size
- 5
- taxon common name
- 白腰文鸟
- taxon range
- Nanling Mountains
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- short name
- L. striata
- taxon author citation
- (Linnaeus, 1766)
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Encyclopedic overview
The white-rumped munia (Lonchura striata) or white-rumped mannikin, sometimes called striated finch in aviculture, is a small passerine bird from the family of waxbill "finches" (Estrildidae). These are not close relatives of the true finches (Fringillidae) or true sparrows (Passeridae).
It is native to tropical continental Asia and some adjacent islands, and has been naturalized in some parts of Japan. Its domesticated descendant, the society finch or Bengalese finch, is found worldwide as a pet and a biological model organism.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “White-rumped Munia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.