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  • Chestnut-breasted Munia, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Mark Ayers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Chestnut-breasted Munia, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Anna Lanigan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

  • Chestnut-breasted Munia, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Simon Nicholas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Chestnut-breasted Munia, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Theresa Bayoud, all rights reserved

  • Chestnut-breasted Munia, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Andrew Rock, all rights reserved

  • Chestnut-breasted Munia, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) andrew_mc, all rights reserved

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Chestnut-breasted Munia

Lonchura castaneothorax

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About

The chestnut-breasted mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax), also known as the chestnut-breasted munia or bully bird (in Australia), is a small brown-backed munia with a black face and greyish crown and nape. It has a broad ferruginous breast bar above a white belly. The species is found in Australia, New Caledonia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. This species has also been introduced to French Polynesia and France.

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