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 LC    White-headed Munia* Id (Atlas):
    Lonchura maja

Description (10)
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Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Size
10 - 11.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat
Ricefields and reedbeds.

Range (Guide)
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore (B), Thailand, Vietnam.

Introduced to Portugal (B).

Southern south-eastern Asia to Bali. Also introduced to Japan.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Often in flocks with Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata).

Voice
A high-pitched piping 'pee-eet'. Song is a repititive, tinkling 'weeeeeeheeheeheeheehee' interspersed with bill-clicking.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (12)...)

 
White-headed Munia (Lonchura maja) [XC667222]
     by Kim Chuah Lim from Choa Chu Kang Cemetery, Singapore (begging call, call)

 
White-headed Munia (Lonchura maja) [XC841666]
     by Lim Ying Hien from Sala, Ho Chi Minh City, Th\u00e0nh ph\u1ed1 H\u1ed3 Ch\u00ed Minh, Vietnam (call)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • maja (Linnaeus, 1766)   -  Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and southern Vietnam.
  • vietnamensis Restall, 1995   -  Vietnam.



References
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Files:
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