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  Nutmeg Munia (Lonchura punctulata)

Nutmeg Munia | Lonchura punctulata photo
Nutmeg Munia

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Nutmeg Munia | Lonchura punctulata photo
Nutmeg Munia Lonchura punctulata in Hyderabad, India.

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NUTMEG MUNIA FACTS

distribution map showing range of Lonchura punctulata 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:punctulata
Common Name:Nutmeg Munia

Relatives in same Genus
  Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (L. castaneothorax)
  Java Sparrow (L. oryzivora)