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Alternative names: Alpine Munia; Eastern Alpine Munia; Eastern Alpine Mannikin

Lonchura monticola

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Australasia: found in South-western New Guinea (Wharton and Owen Stanley mountains)

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

Two subspecies are recognised by some authors: L. m. monticola and L. m. myolae^[2]

[edit] Habitat

High altitude grassland.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

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