Mottled mannikin

Mottled mannikin or mottled munia (Lonchura hunsteini) is a species of estrildid finch breeding in New Ireland. This species is also introduced to Pohnpei. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000 to 50,000 km². It is found in subtropical/ tropical (lowland) dry grassland habitat. The New Hanover mannikin has sometimes been treated as a subspecies of mottled mannikin with the name Hunstein's mannikin for the combined taxa.^[2][3] The status of mottled mannikin (with New Hanover mannikin included) is evaluated as Least Concern.^[1] The males are similarly colored to the extinct Hawaiian ʻUla ʻAi Hāwane, a Hawaiian honeycreeper.

Mottled mannikin
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Estrildidae
Genus:	Lonchura
Species:	L. hunsteini
Binomial name
Lonchura hunsteini (Finsch, 1886)

References

1. BirdLife International (2017). "Lonchura hunsteini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T105968299A111180755. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T105968299A111180755.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
3. Payne, R. (2017). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Hunstein's Mannikin (Lonchura hunsteini)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

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