Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Madagascar Mannikin

Lepidopygia nana

The Madagascar Mannikin (Lepidopygia nana) is an 8.2 g woodland bird that eats mostly seeds. It stays put all year.

Family

Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

8.2 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Granivore

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

1

Recorded in Madagascar.

Where to see it: Andasibe Mantadia National Park (Analamazoatra Reserve) (Madagascar); Parc de Tsarasaotra (Lac Alarobia) (Madagascar); Andasibe-Mantadia NP (Madagascar); Ranomafana NP (Madagascar); Ifaty · spiny forest reserves (Madagascar).

Photo: (c) Manuel Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist