Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Buff-bellied Mannikin

Lonchura melaena

The Buff-bellied Mannikin (Lonchura melaena) is a 13 g grassland bird that eats mostly seeds. It stays put all year.

Family

Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

13 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

1

Photo: (c) Jay Pruett, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist