Five-colored Munia (Lonchura quinticolor)

Other Names (World)
Five-coloured Munia, Five-colored Munia, Colored Munia, Coloured Munia, Colored Finch, Coloured Finch, Chestnut-and-white Munia, Chestnut-and-white Mannikin, Lesser Sunda Munia

Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1807)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland, moist forest, rural gradens.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B), Timor-Leste (B) (NB).

Lesser Sunda Is: Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Alor, Sumba, Roti, Timor, Sermata, Babar, and Tanimbar Is (Yamdena).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A soft 'geev-gev-geev'. A weak, chattering song.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Five-colored Munia (Lonchura quinticolor) [XC129817]
by id from Assalaino, Lautem, East Timor (call)

Five-colored Munia (Lonchura) [XC129816]
by Colin Trainor from Assalaino, Lautem, East Timor (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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