Tricoloured Munia
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| Tricoloured Munia | |
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| From West Bengal, India | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Lonchura |
| Species: | L. malacca |
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| Lonchura malacca (Linnaeus, 1766) |
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The Tricoloured Munia Lonchura malacca is a estrildid finch, native to India and Sri Lanka. The species was also introduced to Australia, Cuba, Hispaniola, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and Venezuela.
[edit] Taxonomic note
Lonchura malacca (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into L. malacca (Tricoloured Munia) and L. atricapilla (Black-headed Munia or Chestnut Munia).
[edit] Habitat
The Tricoloured Munia is a small gregarious bird which feeds mainly on grain and other seeds. It inhabits wet grassland habitats. It may also be found in tropical lowland moist forest habitats.
