White-headed Munia
Lonchura maja(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) White-headed Munia
The White-headed Munia (Lonchura maja) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Estrildidae (Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and southern Vietnam; introduced Taiwan and Hong KongRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lonchura maja
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-headed Munia
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Loxia maja
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- East Indies; restricted to Malacca by Robinson and Kloss, 1924, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, 5, p. 362.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.301
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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