Biology:White-spotted mannikin

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Short description: Species of bird

White-spotted mannikin
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.161099 2 - Lonchura leucosticta (D'Albertis and Salvadori, 1879) - Estrildidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Lonchura
Species:
L. leucosticta
Binomial name
Lonchura leucosticta
D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879

The white-spotted mannikin (Lonchura leucosticta) is a small passerine bird in the family Estrildidae. It is endemic to southern New Guinea.

This species has sometimes been considered as a subspecies of the streak-headed mannikin.[2] The species is monotypic.[3]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Lonchura leucosticta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22719834/0. Retrieved 4 May 2018. 
  2. del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. (2018). "White-spotted Mannikin (Lonchura leucosticta)". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. https://www.hbw.com/node/1344114. Retrieved 4 May 2018. 
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2018). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/waxbills/. Retrieved 4 May 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2937709 entry