Western Alpine Mannikin
Lonchura montanaJunge, GCA, 1939
English (US) Western Alpine Mannikin
The Western Alpine Mannikin (Lonchura montana) 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: western New Guinea (Snow Mountains) and Mount Capella (Papua New Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lonchura montana
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Western Alpine Mannikin
- Described by
- Junge, GCA, 1939
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Junge, GCA, 1939
- Type locality
- Oranje Mountains, 4,150 m.. New Guinea.
- Original description
- Nova Guinea, a journal of botany, zoology, anthroplolgy, ethnography, geology and palaeontology of the Papuan region n.s., 3 p.67
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Great-billed Mannikin
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Black-breasted Mannikin
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Eastern Alpine Mannikin
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Grey-banded Mannikin
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Grey-crowned Mannikin
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Hooded Mannikin
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Forbes's Mannikin
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