Black-headed Mannikin © vinaydarbal

Introduced to Haiti, Jamaica, Japan (B), Portugal (B), Puerto Rico (B), Venezuela.

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May form a superspecies with Chestnut Munia (Lonchura atricapilla) and White-capped Munia (Lonchura ferruginosa), and sometimes considered conspecific with former or with both.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

• rubronigra (Hodgson, 1836)   -  Foothills of northern India and Nepal terai. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Chestnut Munia (Lonchura atricapilla).
• malacca (Linnaeus, 1766)   -  Southern India, Sri Lanka.

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