Tricolored Munia
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| Lonchura malacca (Linnaeus, 1766) |
The Tricoloured Munia Lonchura malacca ia a estrildid finch, native to India and Sri Lanka. The sepecies was also introduced to Australia, Haiti, Jamaica, Japan, Portugal, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.
[edit] Taxonomic note
Lonchura malacca (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into L. malacca and L. atricapilla.
[edit] Habitat
The Tricoloured Munia is a small gregarious bird which feeds mainly on grain and other seeds. It inhabits wetlands habitats. It may also be found in tropical region of lowland moist forest habitats.
