| Javan Munia | |
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| Javan munia. Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Lonchura |
| Species: | L. leucogastroides |
| Binomial name | |
| Lonchura leucogastroides (Horsfield & Moore, 1856) |
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The Javan Munia Lonchura leucogastroides is a species of estrildid finch found in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. It is found in subtropical/ tropical dry shrubland and grassland 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).