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Revision as of 19:14, 4 September 2009
Alternative name: Black-headed Munia
- Lonchura malacca
Identification
11cm. Chestnut plumage, black head, throat, centre of belly, and undertail coverts; white across upper breast and down the flanks or the white area scallopped with either black or cinnamon-chestnut feather fringes; large conical bluish grey bill.
Sexes are similar.
Juvenile: Uniformly buffy brown plumage, no black head, can probably not be safely separated from similar age Chestnut Munia.
Variation in plumage: several morphs are described, including one that looks similar to an imagined hybrid between Black-headed Munia and Chestnut Munia.
Distribution
Native range is India to the Philippines and Sulawesi. It is now found widely in tropical areas of the world, including the Caribbean and South America.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies are recognized: malacca and rubronigra.
This species was until 1996 consided conspecific with Chestnut Munia. Agreement has not been reached on which of the two ofspring species should inherit the name of Black-headed Munia, and which needed a different name.
Habitat
Rural areas with tall grass, cultivated lands, grasslands, scrub, secondary growth.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes seeds.
Breeding
The nest is a ball made out of dried grass, placed close to the ground in long grass or low bushes.
Vocalisation
Call: a loud heh; shrill preep.
