Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Black-throated Munia

Lonchura kelaarti

The Black-throated Munia (Lonchura kelaarti) is a 14 g scrub bird that eats mostly seeds. It stays put all year.

Family

Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

14 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

2

Recorded in India, Sri Lanka.

Where to see it: Sinharaja Forest Reserve (Sri Lanka); Uda Walawe NP (Sri Lanka); Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) (India).

Photo: (c) Afsar Nayakkan, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist