TriColoured Munia
Lonchura malacca(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Tricolored Munia
UK name: TriColoured Munia
The TriColoured Munia (Lonchura malacca) 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: Peninsular India and Sri Lanka; introduced widely in Caribbean and northern South AmericaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lonchura malacca
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Tricolored Munia
- English (UK)
- TriColoured Munia
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Loxia malacca
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- China, Java, and Malacca ; error, Belgaum, India, designated by Baker, 1926, Fauna Brit. India, Birds, ed. 2, 3, p. 78.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.302
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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