Juvenile © Chris Wiley
Adult © Ian Davies
Juvenile © Terence Alexander
Adult © Greg and Georgie Shaw

Chestnut-breasted Munia Lonchura castaneothorax

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Identification

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Small brownish bird with black face, gray grown, and warm brown chest separated from white belly by distinct black band. Juveniles very plain brownish but usually accompany adults. Frequents very long grass, typically beside wetlands and swamps, across northern and eastern Australia, often in sizable flocks. Often first detected by distinctive bell-like "tink" call.

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