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English Scaly-breasted Munia
Scientific (Lonchura punctulata)
Order PASSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Estrildidae
Family (English) Waxbills, Munias & Allies
Other name(s) Spice Finch, Nutmeg Mannikin, Spermète d'épices, Nutmeg Mannikinl
Breeding Regions OR, AU
Breeding Range Subregions ne Afghanistan, India, Sri Lanka to e China, Taiwan, Philippines, Greater Sundas, Sulawesi and Lesser Sundas
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Australia,Bangladesh,Bhutan,Cambodia,China,Dominican Republic(I),Haiti(I),Hong Kong,India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands,India - mainland, Indonesia,Jamaica(I),Laos,Macao,Malaysia,Mauritius(I),Micronesia(I),Myanmar,Nepal,Oman(I), Pakistan,Palau,Panama(I),Philippines,Puerto Rico(I),Reunion(I),Singapore,Sri Lanka,Taiwan,Thailand, United States - Hawaii,Vietnam,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
punctulata n Pakistan, India (except ne), Nepal and Sri Lanka
baweana Bawean (n of ec Java)
blasii Flores to Timor (c to e Lesser Sundas) and Tanimbar (s Moluccas)
sumbae Sumba (w Lesser Sundas)
nisoria Java, Bali to Sumbawa (w Lesser Sundas) and s, w Borneo
fretensis s Malay Pen., Sumatra, e satellites and Nias (w of n Sumatra)
cabanisi Philippines and n Borneo
topela s Myanmar, Thailand, se China, Taiwan, Hainan and Indochina
yunnanensis se Tibet, sw China and n Myanmar
subundulata Bhutan, ne India, Bangladesh and w Myanmar
particeps Sulawesi
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Linnaeus, 1758)
German Muskatbronzemännchen
French Capucin damier
Chinese 斑文鸟
Japanese シマキンパラ
Russian Чешуйчатая муния
Spanish Capuchino punteado
Portuguese capuchinho-dominó
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)