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Chestnut-breasted Mannikin ( Lonchura castaneothorax )

Chestnut-breasted Mannikin | Lonchura castaneothorax photo

Chestnut-breasted Mannikin photographed at Currumbin Sanctuary

Photograph by ozwildlife. Some rights reserved.

BIRD FACTS

distribution map showing range of Lonchura castaneothorax in Australia

Description
The Chestnut-breasted Mannikin is a small finch with strong silvery bill

Other Names
Barley bird, Bullfinch

Size
10 cm

Environment
grasslands, pastures, wastelands, roadsides

Food
Mainly seeds, also insects

Breeding
cup made of twigs, grass, lined with soft plat material, fur. 4-6 blue-white spotted eggs.

Classification

Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Estrildidae
Genus:	Lonchura
Species:	castaneothorax
Common Name:	Chestnut-breasted Mannikin