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Genus: Lonchura (28 species)


Chestnut Munia (Lonchura atricapilla sinensis) Range: OR, AU: India to Indonesia, Philippines Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
Photograph by Wokoti © All Rights Reserved.


Grey-headed Mannikin (Lonchura caniceps) Range: AU: se New Guinea Pacific Adventist University, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
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Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax) Range: AU: New Guinea and nw to se Australia Australia
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White-capped Munia (Lonchura ferruginosa) Range: OR: s Sumatra (rare), Java and Bali

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Yellow-rumped Mannikin (Lonchura flaviprymna) Range: AU: ne Kimberley, WA and Top End, NT (nw Australia)

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Forbes's Mannikin (Lonchura forbesi) Range: AU: New Ireland (ne Bismarck Arch.)


Dusky Munia (Lonchura fuscans) Range: OR: Borneo and Mapun (=Cagayan Sulu, extreme w Philippines) Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore) © All Rights Reserved.

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Great-billed Mannikin (Lonchura grandis) Range: AU: n, se New Guinea

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Mottled Mannikin (Lonchura hunsteini) Range: AU: New Ireland (ne Bismarck Arch.)

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Black-throated Munia (Lonchura kelaarti) Range: OR: India and Sri Lanka

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White-bellied Munia (Lonchura leucogastra) Range: OR: Malay Pen. to Philippines, Borneo and w Java


Javan Munia (Lonchura leucogastroides) Range: OR: s Sumatra, Java, Bali and Lombok (w Lesser Sundas) Java, Indonesia
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White-headed Munia (Lonchura maja) Range: OR: Malay Pen., s Vietnam, Sumatra, Java and Bali
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore) © All Rights Reserved.


Tricolored Munia (Lonchura malacca) Range: OR: s India and Sri Lanka 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.

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Buff-bellied Mannikin (Lonchura melaena) Range: AU: New Britain and New Ireland (e Bismarck Arch.) and Buka I. (n Solomon Is.)

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Black-faced Munia (Lonchura molucca) Range: AU: Sulawesi region, Moluccas, Lesser Sundas, Gag and Kofiau (Raja Ampat Is., w of nw New Guinea)


Western Alpine Mannikin (Lonchura montana) Range: AU: montane wc New Guinea Lake Habbema, West Papua, Indonesia
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.


Western Alpine Mannikin (Lonchura montana) Range: AU: montane wc New Guinea Habbema Road, West Papua, Indonesia
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.

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Eastern Alpine Mannikin (Lonchura monticola) Range: AU: montane se New Guinea

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Grey-crowned Mannikin (Lonchura nevermanni) Range: AU: Trans-Fly (sc New Guinea)

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New Hanover Mannikin (Lonchura nigerrima) Range: AU: New Hanover (=Lavongai) (off n New Ireland, ne Bismarck Arch.)

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Pale-headed Munia (Lonchura pallida) Range: AU: Sulawesi and Lesser Sundas


Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata) Range: OR, AU: ne Afghanistan, India, Sri Lanka to e China, Taiwan, Philippines, Greater Sundas, Sulawesi and Lesser Sundas Butterfly World, Florida, An Asian species introduced in many locations worldwide.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

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Five-colored Munia (Lonchura quinticolor) Range: AU: Lombok to Tanimbar Is. (Lesser Sundas, s Moluccas)


Hooded Mannikin (Lonchura spectabilis) Range: AU: n, se New Guinea and New Britain (se Bismarck Arch.) Papua New Guinea
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis © All Rights Reserved.


White-rumped Munia (Lonchura striata subsquamicollis) Range: OR: India and Sri Lanka to e China, Taiwan, Sumatra, Lingga and Bangka is. (e of c, s Sumatra) Sungai Balang, Malaysia
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore) © All Rights Reserved.

A domestic race called the 'Society Finch', and not found in nature.

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Black Mannikin (Lonchura stygia) Range: AU: s Trans-Fly (sc New Guinea)

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Black-breasted Mannikin (Lonchura teerinki) Range: AU: montane wc New Guinea

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Grey-banded Mannikin (Lonchura vana) Range: AU: e Arfak Mts. (nw New Guinea)

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