Pictorella Mannikin
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| Pictorella Mannikin | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Heteromunia Mathews, 1913 |
| Species: | H. pectoralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Heteromunia pectoralis (Gould, 1841) | |
The Pictorella Mannikin or Pictorella Munia (Heteromunia pectoralis) is a species of bird in the family Estrildidae. It belongs to the monotypic genus Heteromunia.[citation needed] It is endemic to Australia.
Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. More common than previously believed, it is downlisted again from Near Threatened status - which was assigned in 1994 - to a species of Least Concern in the 2007 IUCN Red List.[1][2]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2012). "Heteromunia pectoralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ See BirdLife International (2007a,b).
References
- BirdLife International (2007a): 2006-2007 Red List status changes. Retrieved 2007-AUG-26.
- BirdLife International (2007b): Pictorella Munia - BirdLife Species Factsheet. Retrieved 2007-AUG-28.
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