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  Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax)





Chestnut-breasted Mannikin | Lonchura castaneothorax photo
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin photographed at Currumbin Sanctuary

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BIRD FACTS

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

Other Names
Barley bird, Bullfinch

Size
10 cm

Habitat
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.

distribution map showing range of Lonchura castaneothorax in Australia

Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.



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

Relatives in same Genus
  Java Sparrow (L. oryzivora)
  Nutmeg Munia (L. punctulata)