New Ireland Munia

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New Ireland Munia
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Lonchura
Species: L. forbesi
Binomial name
Lonchura forbesi
(Sclater, 1879)

The New Ireland Munia Lonchura forbesi 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 lowland dry grassland habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

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