From Opus

Photo by tcollins
Location: Darwin, NT, Australia.

Lonchura flaviprymna

[edit] Identification

10 cm. Sexes similar. Crown dull grey, cinnamon-brown back and wings, gold straw coloured rump, upper tail-coverts and central tail-feathers, tail-feathers brown edged, cream buff face and underparts, fawn breast, black undertail-coverts, dark brown eye, blue-grey bill and legs. Juveniles: dirty-yellow rump, dark brown back and throat, buff-grey underparts.

[edit] Distribution

West Northern Territory, Australia.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Mangrove, moist savanna and wetlands.

[edit] Behaviour

It builds a nest of dry blades of grass, lined with fine grass stems, placed in tussocks of grass and reeds. 4-5 white eggs are laid.

The diet includes grass seeds and insects during breeding season.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID