Chestnut-breasted Munia
Lonchura castaneothorax
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,977
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The chestnut-breasted mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax), also known as the chestnut-breasted munia or bully bird (in Australia), is a small brown-backed munia with a black face and greyish crown and nape. It has a broad ferruginous breast bar above a white belly. The species' natural range includes Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. It has also been introduced to French Polynesia and New Caledonia.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Chestnut-breasted mannikin”.