Bismarck Munia

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Bismarck Munia
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Lonchura
Species: L. melaena
Binomial name
Lonchura melaena
(Sclater, 1880)

The Bismarck Munia Lonchura melaena is a species of estrildid finch breeding in Papua New Guinea . It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000 to 50,000 kmĀ².

It is found in subtropical/ tropical dry grassland habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

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