Magpie Mannikin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wikipedia:How to read a taxobox
How to read a taxobox
Magpie Mannikin
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Lonchura
Species: L. fringilloides
Binomial name
Lonchura fringilloides
(Lafresnaye, 1835)

The Magpie Munia Lonchura fringilloides is a species of estrildid finch found in southern and central Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,400,000 km².

It is found in subtropical/ tropical (lowland) moist shrubland, forest and dry grassland habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

[edit] Reference