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Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Lonchura

Black-throated Munia

Lonchura kelaarti

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bltmun1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Lonchura

Subspecies (3)

Lonchura kelaarti jerdoni

southwestern India (Kerala to western Tamil Nadu) and Eastern Ghats
Lonchura kelaarti kelaarti

highlands of Sri Lanka
Lonchura kelaarti vernayi

eastern India (southern Odisha and northeastern Andhra Pradesh)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bltmun1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.