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 VU    Grey-banded Munia* Id (Atlas):
    Lonchura vana

Description (8)
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Other Names (World)
Grey-banded Mannikin, Gray-banded Mannikin, Grey-banded Munia, Gray-banded Munia, Arfak Munia, Arfak Mannikin

Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hartert, 1930)

Habitat
Wet grassland and marshland. From 1,900 - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Indonesia (B) (NB).

Arfak Mts, on Vogelkop Peninsula of north-western New Guinea.
 
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 (2010) and stable.

Status VU
Habitat destruction through conversion to agriculture is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A high-pitched, thin 'ts ts ts...'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

 
Grey-banded Mannikin (Lonchura vana) [XC582395]
     by id from Road to Anggi Lakes, Indonesia (call)

 
Grey-banded Mannikin (Lonchura vana) [XC582394]
     by Ken Behrens from Road to Anggi Lakes, Indonesia (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Previously thought, on biogeographical grounds, to form a species pair with Grey-headed Mannikin (Lonchura caniceps). Recent study of mitochondrial phylogeny indicates closer relationship with White-headed Munia (Lonchura maja) and Pale-headed Munia (Lonchura pallida), the three being similar also in plumage.


References
See References.


Files:
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