Grey-headed Mannikin - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Grey-headed Munia

Lonchura caniceps

Identification

10–11 cm (4-4½ in)
Male

• Grey head, nape and throat
• Dark brown mantle, back and upper wings
• Orange rump

Distribution

Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy

Subspecies

• L. c. caniceps:

• South-eastern New Guinea (Yule Island and Hall Sound to Port Moresby)

• L. c. scratchleyana:

• South-eastern New Guinea (Malalaua and Kupriano Mountains)

• L. c. kumusii:

• South-eastern New Guinea (Kumusi River to upper Musa River)

Habitat

Moist savanna, grassland, rice fields, airfields, roadsides, lawns. Sometimes in urban areas.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of seeds, both foraged from the ground and off the stem.

References

1. 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/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Grey-headed Mannikin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Grey-headed_Mannikin

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