| Sooty 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) |
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The Sooty Munia (Lonchura melaena), also known as the Bismarck Munia, 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 km².
It is found in subtropical/ tropical dry grassland habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.