Tuesday, 20 December 2016

White rumped munia


Common name: White-rumped munia; white-rumped mannikin.

Scientific name: Lonchura striata

Scientific classification: Kingdom: Animalia
                                             Phylum: Chordata
                                             Class: Aves
                                             Order: Passeriformes
                                             Family: Estrildidae
                                             Genus: Lonchura
                                             Species: L. striata

Type of species: Indigenous

Habitat: Open woodlands, grasslands and scrub forests. It can also adapt to agricultural areas.
 
Conservation status: Least concern

Sound recording: http://www.xeno-canto.org/24614
 
Distribution: The white-rumped munia seems to have originated in India and then spread towards Africa and Pacific Ocean habitats.

Source: hbw


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