Grand Munia (Lonchura grandis)

Other Names (World)
Great-billed Mannikin, Grand Munia, Grand Mannikin, Great Munia, Great-billed Munia

Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1882)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B), Papua New Guinea (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A series of sharp, metallic 'tink-tink'.

Subspecies
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

heurni (Sharpe, 1882) - R Mamberamo basin, in north-western New Guinea.
destructa (Hartert, 1930) - North-central New Guinea in region of Humboldt Bay.
ernesti (Stresemann, 1921) - North-eastern New Guinea from R Sepik east to Astrolabe Bay.
grandis (Sharpe, 1882) - South-eastern New Guinea.

References
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