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==Identification== ==Identification==
==Distribution== ==Distribution==
-[[Papua New Guinea]]. +[[Australasia]]: found in South-western [[New Guinea]] (Wharton and Owen Stanley mountains)
 +==Taxonomy==
 +Monotypic<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
-==Taxonomy==+Two subspecies are recognised by some authors: ''L. m. monticola'' and ''L. m. myolae''<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>
-There is one subspecies, ''L m monticola''.+
==Habitat== ==Habitat==
High altitude grassland. High altitude grassland.
- 
==Behaviour== ==Behaviour==
- +==References==
- +#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase
 +{{ref}}
==External Links== ==External Links==
{{GSearch|Lonchura+monticola}} {{GSearch|Lonchura+monticola}}
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Lonchura]] [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Lonchura]]

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Lonchura monticola

Contents

Identification

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

Monotypic[1]

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

Habitat

High altitude grassland.

Behaviour

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

External Links

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