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Lonchura nigerrima

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Papua New Guinea.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.¹

Some authorities^2,3 consider this taxon a subspecies of Mottled Munia Lonchura hunsteini.

[edit] Habitat

Lowland dry grassland habitat

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019
2. Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to December 2007 (Corrigenda 7). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
3. Gill, F and M Wright. 2008. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, USA. 2006. ISBN 9780691128276. Update (2008) downloaded from http://worldbirdnames.org/names.html.

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