Birds of Ecuador

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Genus: Lonchura (1 species, 28 worldwide)


Tricolored Munia (Lonchura malacca) Introduced Costa Rica
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

An Asian 'waxbill'. The similar Chestnut Munia, as well as the Scaly-breasted Munia, have also spread widely in tropical America.
One from Colombia.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba