Adult © Natthaphat Chotjuckdikul eBird S38199589 Macaulay Library ML 64173881
Immature © Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok
Adult © Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok
Adult © Bruno Durand

White-headed Munia Lonchura maja

Sign in to see your badges

Identification

POWERED BY MERLIN

Striking small, chunky songbird with pale head, rich cinnamon-brown body, and heavy silvery bill. Sexes essentially identical. Like other munias, most frequently found in rice fields and grasslands, frequently near human habitation. Sometimes associates with other munia species. Native to Indonesia and introduced to parts of Japan and Singapore.

POWERED BY MERLIN