Tricoloured Munia
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| Lonchura malacca (Linnaeus, 1766) |
The Tricoloured Munia Lonchura malacca is a estrildid finch, native to India and Sri Lanka. The species was also introduced to Australia, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Japan, Portugal, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.
[edit] Taxonomic note
Lonchura malacca (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into L. malacca and the Black-headed Munia L. atricapilla.
[edit] Habitat
The Tricoloured Munia is a small gregarious bird which feeds mainly on grain and other seeds. It inhabits wet grassland habitats. It may also be found in tropical lowland moist forest habitats.
