Buff-bellied Mannikin
Lonchura melaena
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Estrildidae
- Genus
- Lonchura
- eBird Code
- bismun1
Subspecies (2)
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Lonchura melaena bukaensis
Buka (just off northern Bougainville, northern Solomon Islands); New Ireland birds are similar
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Lonchura melaena melaena
New Britain (southeastern Bismarck Archipelago)
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.