Waxbills, Munias & Allies
Hooded Mannikin
Lonchura spectabilis
The Hooded Mannikin (Lonchura spectabilis) is a 12 g grassland bird that eats mostly seeds. It stays put all year.
- Family
- Waxbills, Munias & Allies
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Weight
- 12 g
- Habitat
- Grassland
- Diet
- Plants and seeds
- Migration
- Resident
- Countries recorded
- 3
Recorded in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, United States.
Where to see it: Ambua Lodge (Papua New Guinea); Kumul Lodge (Papua New Guinea); Pacific Adventist University (Papua New Guinea).
Photo: (c) tlaloc27, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist