Chestnut-breasted Munia
Lonchura castaneothorax
Summary 2
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 is found in Australia, New Caledonia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. This species is also introduced to French Polynesia and France.
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- (c) Jean-Paul Mutz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/72879303@N06/6838575497
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonchura_castaneothorax
