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Genius: Lonchura

The Lonchura family includes thirty-five species (by some accounts forty-one) interchangeably referred to as Munias and Mannikins.

According to Finches and Sparrows: An Identification Guide. "Within this genius are found species from Africa east to Australia and the remote Pacific Islands." pg. 408.


Munias and Mannikins

Indian Silverbill Lonchura malabarica 
African Silverbill Lonchura cantans
Grey-headed Silverbill Lonchura griseicapilla 
Madagascar Munia Lonchura nana
Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata 
Black-and-white Mannikin Lonchura bicolor
Magpie Mannikin Lonchura fringilloides 
White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata 
Javan Munia Lonchura leucogastroides 
Dusky Munia Lonchura fuscans 
Moluccan Munia Lonchura molucca 
Spotted Munia Lonchura punctulata (Spice Finch)
Rufous-bellied Munia Lonchura kelaarti
White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra 
Streak-headed Mannikin Lonchura tristissima 
White-spotted Mannikin Lonchura leucosticta 
Chestnut-and-white Mannikin Lonchura quinticolor 
Chestnut Munia Lonchura malacca 
White-headed Munia Lonchura maja (White-hooded Nun, White-headed Mannikin)
Pale-headed Munia Lonchura pallida 
Great-billed Mannikin Lonchura grandis 
Grey-banded Mannikin Lonchura vana 
Grey-headed Mannikin Lonchura caniceps 
Grey-crowned Mannikin Lonchura nevermanni 
New Britain Mannikin Lonchura spectabilis (Hooded)
New Ireland Mannikin Lonchura forbesi 
Hunstein's Munia Lonchura hunsteini 
Yellow-rumped Mannikin Lonchura flaviprymna 
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax 
Black Mannikin Lonchura stygia (Black Munia)
Grand Valley Mannikin Lonchura teerinki (Black-breasted Mannikin)
Alpine Mannikin Lonchura monticola 
Snow Mountain Mannikin Lonchura montana 
Thick-billed Munia Lonchura melaena 
Pictorella Finch Lonchura pectoralis (Pictorella, Pictorella Munia, White-breasted Finch)

 

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