Alternative name: Yellow-rumped Munia
- Lonchura flaviprymna
Identification
12 cm (4¾ in)
- Creamy-white head and neck
- Greyer crown and nape
- Reddish-brown mantle, back, upper wings and rump
- Buff underparts
- Black undertail-coverts
- Dark brown eye
- Bluish-grey bill and legs
Sexes similar
Juvenile: dusky-yellow rump, dark brown back and throat, greyish underparts
Distribution
Northern Australia (Cambridge Gulf, Western Australia to Arnhem Land)
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Coastal and inland grasslands, reedbeds, rice fields. Open woodland near water and parks.
Behaviour
Breeding
They build a nest from dry grass, lined with fine grass stems, placed in tussocks of grass and reeds. The clutch consists of 4-5 white eggs.
Diet
The diet includes grass seeds, both half-ripe and ripe and insects during breeding season.
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/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2016)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Yellow-rumped Mannikin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-rumped_Mannikin
