Snow Mountain Munia Lonchura montana Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Text last updated November 27, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | maniquí muntanyenc occidental |
Dutch | Junges Rietvink |
English | Snow Mountain Munia |
English (United States) | Snow Mountain Munia |
French | Capucin des Maoke |
French (France) | Capucin des Maoke |
German | Höhennonne |
Indonesian | Bondol jayawijaya |
Japanese | オグロタカネキンパラ |
Norwegian | fjellnonne |
Polish | mniszka górska |
Russian | Горная муния |
Serbian | Planinska nona |
Slovak | mníška horská |
Spanish | Capuchino Montano |
Spanish (Spain) | Capuchino montano |
Swedish | västlig bergmunia |
Turkish | Karlı Dağlar Munyası |
Ukrainian | Мунія гірська |
Lonchura montana Junge, 1939
Definitions
- LONCHURA
- montana
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Field Identification
11 cm. Male has forehead, forecrown and face to throat black, hindcrown brownish, nape to back brown, rump and uppertail-coverts pale yellow, tail feathers black with yellow edges; rear ear-coverts to lower throat and breast tawny-buff, belly white, flanks narrowly barred blackish, thighs, vent and undertail-coverts black; iris dark brown, eyering grey; bill pale grey; legs grey. Female is similar to male, but breast paler and yellower, black on top of head more restricted. Juvenile is brown above, face and throat dark brown, breast orange-tinged brown, belly and undertail-coverts whitish, bill dark grey.
Systematics History
Subspecies
Distribution
Snow Mts E to Mt Capella (in W Star Mts), in WC New Guinea.
Habitat
Alpine grasslands and boggy grassland, edges of alpine shrubbery, mainly at 3200–3800 m; as low as 2130 m in Ilaga Valley, and as high as 4150 m in Oranje Mts.
Movement
No information; presumed resident.
Diet and Foraging
Few data. Small seeds of grasses and herbs. Observed to forage in flocks of 6–20 individuals (in Aug–Sept).
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Call described as a series of "tyu" notes.
Breeding
Nest built in grass, near water. No other information.
Conservation Status
Not globally threatened. Restricted range species: present in Central Papuan Mountains EBA. Very poorly known. Probably locally common.