Prakruti Parichay
EstrildidaeLonchura

Scaly-breasted Munia

Lonchura punctulata

10.7–12 cmVery Small
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Widespread resident; unrecorded in parts of C India and the northwest. Adult has chestnut-brown face, throat and upper breast whitish underparts boldly scaled with black, and olive-yellow to rufous-orange on uppertail-coverts and edges of tail. Juvenile has uniform brown upperparts and buff to rufous-buff underparts, with whitish belly [probably indistinguishable from juvenile Black- eaded). Open secondary forest. bushes and cultivation.

Colour

BrownWhiteBlackRufous / Red-brown
Average size
11.3 cm
Habitat
Open secondary forest. bushes and cultivation.
Behaviour
Widespread resident, unrecorded in parts of C India and the northwest., eaded).

About this bird

Widespread resident; unrecorded in parts of C India and the northwest. Adult has chestnut-brown face, throat and upper breast whitish underparts boldly scaled with black, and olive-yellow to rufous-orange on uppertail-coverts and edges of tail. Juvenile has uniform brown upperparts and buff to rufous-buff underparts, with whitish belly [probably indistinguishable from juvenile Black- eaded). Open secondary forest. bushes and cultivation.

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Scaly-breasted Munia is bigger than Indian Silverbill but smaller than Asian Desert Warbler.

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Scaly-breasted Munia

Lonchura punctulata

10.7–12 cm