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Alternative names: (Not to be confused with Lonchura hunsteini), Black breasted Munia, Black-breasted Munia, Grand Valley Mannikin, Grand Valley Munia, Teerink's Mannikin, Teerink's Munia
- Lonchura teerinki
Identification
10–11 cm, 3.9-4.3 inches
Male
- Blackish forehead turning dark brown on crown and hind neck
- Brown to reddish-brown upperparts,
- Yellow rump and uppertail coverts
- Dark brown tail with yellow edges to feahers
- Black face and chin to breast
- White on side of lower breast, belly and flanks with smudges of black in mature males and black and pale brown in younger males forming an irregular band
- Black undertail coverts and thighs
- Dark brown iris
- Narrow dark grey eyering
- Large, blue-grey beak
- Dark grey legs
Female
- Similar to male, but face and breast duller, flanks are black with brown and white patches
Juvenile
- Grey-brown upperparts
- Redder brown rump and uppertailcoverts
- Yellowish-white breast and flanks
- Whitish belly and undertail-coverts
- Blue-grey beak
- adult plumage aquired by 6th or 7th month
Distribution
Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies:[1]
- L. t. teerinki:
- Mountains of west-central New Guinea
- L. t. mariae: Darker grey-brown upperparts
- Western New Guinea (Snow Mountains)
Habitat
Mid altitude mountain grasslands, mature gardens, unkempt and cultivated fields near villages, forest clearings, between 1200–2200 m.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-breasted Mannikin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-breasted_Mannikin
