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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bugmat" data-source="post: 3608400" data-attributes="member: 137018">No I don't think that photo is correctly ID'd at all and chestnut-bellied seed finches also look different - they have a conspicuous white patch on their wings and are much darker birds in general than theses munias. I also did a flickr search and there are several photos that look like the juveniles seen here - just like the one I posted int he OP (and TCM have been around several years so we know what the juveniles look like) and another one that appears mislabeled like the one you shared.<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/kamal50/16514516456/" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/kamal50/16514516456/</a><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/37486682@N07/8514082030/" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/37486682@N07/8514082030/</a>I would think the beak colour is diagnostic for that species too - both it and the closely related chestnut munia all have silver beaks.I saw the birds again today - this time 3 individuals (attached) - better details. Looks like scaly-breasted munia juveniles to me.Here is an image from google of an immature Scaly-breasted munia:<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sBkRguCPKx4/VDY-3qqp7eI/AAAAAAAAARI/_ERBUH9qPP4/s1600/Immature%2Bscally%2B5.JPG" target="_blank">http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sBkRguCPKx4/VDY-3qqp7eI/AAAAAAAAARI/_ERBUH9qPP4/s1600/Immature+scally+5.JPG</a>compare to my latest shots (attached)... down to the white coloration at the edge fo the mouth and the dark brown plumage that only shows down the midline of the birds abck.</blockquote>

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