adult, taken on 10/1/2012 at CKS Memorial Hall, Taipei City, Taiwan
adult eating the seeds
young birds, taken on 7/3/2012 at An-Keng Branch of NTU Farm, New Taipei City, Taiwan
young bird, taken on 7/3/2012 at An-Keng Branch of NTU Farm, New Taipei City, Taiwan
young bird, taken on 1/12/2012 at Taipei Botanical Garden, Taipei City, Taiwan
subadult, taken on 11/26/2011 at Taipei Botanical Garden, Taipei City, Taiwan
adult video, recorded at CKS Memorial Hall, on 10/1/2012
young bird video, recorded at An-Keng Branch of NTU Farm, New Taipei City, Taiwan, on 7/3/2012
video recorded at Taipei Botanical Garden, on 1/12/2012
video recorded at Taipei Botanical Garden, on 11/26/2011
| Chinese name: | 斑文鳥 |
| English name: | Nutmeg Mannikin, Scaly-breasted Munia |
| Nickname: | |
| Scientific name: | Lonchura punctulata |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | ESTRILDIDAE |
| Species status: | Species |
| Conservation status: | Least Concern |
| Migration status: | Taiwan local bird |
| Frequency of appearance: | Common in Taiwan |
| Foods: | Seeds |
| Habitat: | Farm fields, brushwood, grasslands |
| Altitude: | Low altitudes |
| Behavior: | Often appear in flock in farm fields, brushwoods and grasslands. |
| Characteristics: | General Characteristics: About 12 cm long. The whole body is mainly brown. Bill is black. The adult has white belly with scale-like plumage which the youth doesn't have. The brown hue on the face and throat for the adult is darker. Summer Plumage: Winter Plumage: Similar species: |
| Breeding places: | southern China, southeastern China, southwestern China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, Sulawesi, Timor-Leste, Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, etc. |
| Migration destinations: | |
| Time photographed: | 11/26/2011, 1/12/2012, 7/3/2012, 10/1/2012 |
| Location found: | Taipei Botanical Garden, An-Keng Branch of NTU Farm, CKS Memorial Hall |
| Sources: | Internet |
| Notes: |
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