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Lonchura Sykes, 1832
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179614

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Padda Reichenbach, 1850
	Common Name(s):	Mannikins [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2013

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Aves – Birds, oiseaux
	Order	Passeriformes – Perching Birds, passereaux
	Family	Estrildidae Bonaparte, 1850 – Waxbills, Munias
	Genus	Lonchura Sykes, 1832 – Mannikins
		Direct Children:
	Species	Lonchura atricapilla (Vieillot, 1807)
	Species	Lonchura bicolor (Fraser, 1843) – Black-and-white Mannikin
	Species	Lonchura caniceps (Salvadori, 1876) – Grey-headed Munia
	Species	Lonchura castaneothorax (Gould, 1837) – Chestnut-breasted Munia
	Species	Lonchura cucullata (Swainson, 1837) – Bronze Mannikin
	Species	Lonchura ferruginosa (Sparrman, 1789)
	Species	Lonchura flaviprymna (Gould, 1845) – Yellow-rumped Munia
	Species	Lonchura forbesi (P. L. Sclater, 1879) – New Ireland Munia
	Species	Lonchura fringilloides (Lafresnaye, 1835) – Magpie Mannikin
	Species	Lonchura fuscans (Cassin, 1852) – Dusky Munia
	Species	Lonchura fuscata (Vieillot, 1807) – Timor Sparrow
	Species	Lonchura grandis (Sharpe, 1882) – Great-billed Munia
	Species	Lonchura hunsteini (Finsch, 1886) – Black-breasted Mannikin, Mottled Munia
	Species	Lonchura kelaarti (Jerdon, 1863) – Black-throated Munia
	Species	Lonchura leucogastra (Blyth, 1846) – White-bellied Munia
	Species	Lonchura leucogastroides (Moore, 1858) – Javan Munia
	Species	Lonchura leucosticta (Albertis & Salvadori, 1879) – White-spotted Munia
	Species	Lonchura maja (Linnaeus, 1766) – White-headed Munia
	Species	Lonchura malacca (Linnaeus, 1766) – Chestnut Mannikin, Black-headed Munia, Tricolored Munia
	Species	Lonchura melaena (P. L. Sclater, 1880) – Sooty Munia
	Species	Lonchura molucca (Linnaeus, 1766) – Black-faced Munia
	Species	Lonchura montana Junge, 1939 – Western Alpine Munia
	Species	Lonchura monticola (De Vis, 1897) – Eastern Alpine Munia
	Species	Lonchura nevermanni Stresemann, 1934 – Grey-crowned Munia
	Species	Lonchura nigriceps (Cassin, 1852) – Red-backed Mannikin
	Species	Lonchura oryzivora (Linnaeus, 1758) – Java Sparrow
	Species	Lonchura pallida (Wallace, 1864) – Pale-headed Munia
	Species	Lonchura punctulata (Linnaeus, 1758) – Nutmeg Mannikin, Scaly-breasted Munia
	Species	Lonchura quinticolor (Vieillot, 1807) – Five-colored Munia
	Species	Lonchura spectabilis (P. L. Sclater, 1879) – Hooded Munia
	Species	Lonchura striata (Linnaeus, 1766) – White-rumped Munia
	Species	Lonchura stygia Stresemann, 1934 – Black Munia
	Species	Lonchura teerinki Rand, 1940 – Black-breasted Munia
	Species	Lonchura tristissima (Wallace, 1865) – Streak-headed Munia
	Species	Lonchura vana (Hartert, 1930) – Grey-banded Munia

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Alan P. Peterson, M.D.
	Notes:	PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999
	Reference for:	Lonchura

	Expert:	Richard C. Banks
	Notes:	Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.
	Reference for:	Lonchura

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Lonchura

	Source:	Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.10.16, website (version 16-Oct-11)
	Acquired:	2012
	Notes:	"Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net
	Reference for:	Lonchura

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
	Publication Date:	2003
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
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	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:	As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998
	Reference for:	Lonchura

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
	Publication Date:	1987
	Article/Chapter Title:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Resource Publication, no. 166
	Page(s):	79
	Publisher:	United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
	Publication Place:	Washington, D.C., USA
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Lonchura

Geographic Information


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Comments


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