Other common names Chestnut Mannikin, Chestnut Munia, Black-headed Munia, Black-headed Nun, Black-headed Mannikin, "Black Hooded Nun," Southern Black-headed Munia Subspecies: .
Black-headed Munia >> Adult 2. Select an image: 1. Lonchura malacca atricapilla is treated by some authors as a separate species - Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla.
White-headed Munia 11 cm; 11-14 g. Male has head white to smoky pinkish, nape brownish-grey, upperparts, including upperwing, dark brown, uppertail-coverts glossy coppery brown, tail dark bro he species is found in Australia, New Caledonia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. The Chestnut-breasted Mannikin is a thick-set brown finch with a grey crown, black face and a heavy grey bill. Females lack these features and are gray in those areas. One breeder I know breeds them in a colony in a large planted aviary. The scaly-breasted munia or spotted munia (Lonchura punctulata), known in the pet trade as nutmeg mannikin or spice finch, is a sparrow-sized estrildid finch native to tropical Asia. The Chestnut Breasted Mannikin. Males have a number of distinguishing features including: orange cheek patches, stripes on the throat, black bar on the breast and a chestnut colored flank with white spots. Mar 14, 2013 - Chestnut Munia September 23, 2012 McMahon Rd, Schofield Barracks, HI Hawaii Birding Tours Reservations Oahu Nature Tours Phone The Chestnut-breasted Mannikin nests in colonies, with the nests close together in grass clumps, sugar cane or reeds, less than 2 m from the ground. Download this stock image: Chestnut munia. Lonchura malacca atricapilla is treated by some authors as a separate species - Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla. It has a chestnut brown breast divided from white underparts by a black bar. Breeding birds will join groups or flocks when foraging. A species of the genus Lonchura, it was formally described and named by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. in 1758. Black-headed Munia >> Adult 2. Pet Australian Finches For Sale Australian grassfinches belong to the family of birds knon as the Estrildidae [The estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia (a region of Oceania, comprises Australia, New Zealand, the island of New Guinea, and neighboring islands in the Pacific Ocean.) This image is no longer for sale. Chestnut Munia Click on any thumbnail to view a medium sized version of the selected image, or click on its title to download the largest available format (for print). Why? Beak color is generally a brighter red in males and a orange color in females. This apparently has worked very well for him as he has bred quite a number of them in his The rounded nest is made from green or dried grass blades and is lined with fine grasses. Select an image: 1. Chestnut-breasted Munia is a highly sociable species, flocking in large number outside the breeding season. The Chestnut Breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothroax) is one of the few, perhaps the only dependable free breeding species in the genus Lonchura (not including the Society Finch). It lacks an entrance tunnel but the entrance may have a hood.