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black throated munia
Lonchura kelaarti
12.241, 75.8577
Field Notes
Description:
The Black-throated Munia is 12 cm in length with a long black tail. The adult of the south Indian has a stubby grey bill, dark brown upperparts and blackish head, breast and wings. L. k. kelaarti has pinkish underparts and rump, and L. k. jerdoni has barred black and white underparts and rump. The sexes are similar, but immature lack the darker head and have uniform underparts.
Habitat:
The Black-throated Munia is a small gregarious bird which feeds mainly on seeds. It frequents open hill woodland and cultivation. The nest is a large domed grass structure in a tree or creepers on a house into which 3-8 white eggs are laid in India, and usually five in Sri Lanka.
Notes:
this munia made a nest close to my house.the nest has 2 eggs in them.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2011
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