| Black-and-white Mannikin | |
|---|---|
| Picking Lantana flowers, presumably for the nectar | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Lonchura |
| Species: | L. bicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Lonchura bicolor (Fraser, 1843) |
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The Black-and-white Mannikin or Black-and-white Munia Lonchura bicolor is a species of estrildid finch found in southern and central Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 4,200,000 km².
It is found in moist savanna and subtropical/tropical lowland moist forest habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern. They are known to feed on algae.[2]
Origin and phylogeny has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al.[3] Estrildinae may have originated in India and dispersed thereafter (towards Africa and Pacific Ocean habitats).