White-rumped Munia, 4/2/2012

At end of March, some White-rumped Munias came to Taipei Botanical Garden to eat the wheats there. When the wheats are ripe, they mystically appeared from no where. I have a series of questions to ask. How do they know there are wheats in Taipei Botanical Garden? And how do they know when the wheats will ripen? Do they have the ability to memorize, like the human does? In that case, it means they had been to Taipei Botanical Garden last year and came back again this year. Were there wheats in Taipei Botanical Garden last year?





























Video recorded on 4/2/2012, at Taipei Botanical Garden

Chinese name:	白腰文鳥
English name:	White-rumped Munia
Nickname:
Scientific name:	Lonchura striata
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ploceidae
Species status:	Species
Conservation status:	Least Concern
Migration status:	Taiwan local bird
Frequency of appearance:	Common in Taiwan
Foods:	Seeds
Habitat:	Grasslands, bottom level of forest, farm lands
Altitude:	Low to mid-altitude
Behavior:	Appear in flocks
Characteristics:	General Characteristics: The bird is mainly brown, except that its side body and belly are white. Face, throat, wing, tail and front neck are dark brown. Upper breast looks like fish scales
Breeding places:	South China, South Asia, tropical region of Southeast Asia, Taiwan.
Migration destinations:
Time photographed:	4/2/2012 13:20 pm
Location found:	Taipei Botanical Garden
Sources:	Internet
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