Pale-headed Munia
Lonchura pallida(Wallace, AR, 1864)
English (US) Pale-headed Munia
The Pale-headed Munia (Lonchura pallida) 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: scrub, marshes and ricefields of lowlands of mainland Sulawesi and the Lesser Sundas from Lombok eastward through BabarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lonchura pallida
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pale-headed Munia
- Described by
- (Wallace, AR, 1864)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Munia pallida
- Described by
- (Wallace, AR, 1864)
- Type locality
- Lombok and Flores.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863, pt.3 p.495
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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