New Hanover Munia | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Estrildidae |
Genus: | Lonchura |
Species: | L. nigerrima |
Binomial name | |
Lonchura nigerrima (Rothschild & Hartert, 1899) |
The New Hanover Munia Lonchura nigerrima 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.