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Genus Lonchura
Chestnut Munia - The Black-headed Munia has several subspecies that are recognized as followed:
Black-and-white Munia - It is found in moist savanna and subtropical/tropical lowland moist forest habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern. They are known to feed on algae.
Grey-headed Munia - The Grey-headed Munia Lonchura caniceps is a species of estrildid finch breeding in Papua New Guinea. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 50,000 to 100,000 km². It is found in moist savanna, shrubland & wetlands. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
African Silverbill - In early literature, African Silverbill Lonchura cantans and Indian Silverbill L. malabarica were treated as conspecific. In 1943, Jean Théodore Delacour firmly made the both species synonymous in his revision of the Estrildinae. However, in 1964, James M. Harrison first studied the two in a strictly comparative manner and concluded that they were two separate species. He discovered that although the call notes were similar, the songs are distinctly different in form, but sharing a common pattern. The are sympatric in the south of the Arabian Peninsula and there is no record of natural hybridization. From Harrison's personal observation of birds in captivity, each of the two forms evinced a preference for its own kind. In 1985, Kakizawa and Watada confirmed Harrison's conclusion. They confirmed the genetic difference of the two species by the means of protein electrophoresis. In 1990, Sibley and Monroe accept the two as distinct species.
Chestnut-breasted Munia - The Chestnut-breasted Munia has a total of six subspecies and seven forms. The subspecies are as followed:
Bronze Munia - The Bronze Mannikin is a tiny gregarious bird which feeds mainly on seeds. It frequents open country and cultivation, especially near water.
White-capped Munia - BirdLife Species Factsheet
Yellow-rumped Munia - The Yellow-rumped Munia , also known as the Yellow-rumped Mannikin, is a species of estrildid finch found in eastern Kimberley region and north-west Northern Territory, Australia. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000 to 50,000 km². It is found in subtropical/ tropical mangrove, moist savanna & wetlands habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
New Ireland Munia - The New Ireland Munia Lonchura forbesi is a species of estrildid finch breeding in Papua New Guinea. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000 to 50,000 km². It is found in subtropical/ tropical lowland dry grassland habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Magpie Munia - It is found in subtropical/ tropical moist shrubland, forest and dry grassland habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Dusky Munia - The Dusky Munia Lonchura fuscans is a species of estrildid finch found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. It is found in subtropical/ tropical lowland shrubland, forest and grassland habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Grand Munia - The Grand Munia is a species of estrildid finch found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It is found in wetlands habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Grey-headed Silverbill - The Grey-headed Silverbill is a stocky bird with a grey head studded with white dots. Its body greyish- brown, partly black wings and tail, white rump. The juvenile can be told by its white rump.
Mottled Munia - The Mottled Munia Lonchura hunsteini is a species of estrildid finch breeding in Papua New Guinea. This species is also introduced to Federated States of Micronesia. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000 to 50,000 km². It is found in subtropical/ tropical dry grassland habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Black-throated Munia - The endemic Sri Lankan subspecies, L. k. kelaarti is sometimes considered to as a separate species distinct from L. k. jerdoni of the Western Ghats of India.
White-bellied Munia - The White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra is a species of estrildid finch found in most of the Southeast asia countries. For example, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, Philippines and Thailand. It is found in subtropical/ tropical lowland moist forest habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Javan Munia - They are known to feed on algae.
White-spotted Munia - Mainly dark brown plumage with light streaking on head and yellowish rump; subspecies leucosticta also with white spotting on face, breast and upper wing-coverts.
White-headed Munia - Description: Smallish , white headed brown finch. Similar to chesnut Munia but paler brown and entire head and throat white. Young birds are brown on upperparts with underparts and face buff. Iris-brown; bill-grey; feet-pale blue. Voice: high-pitched 'pee-pee' Distribution and status: malay peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Bali and Celebes. In Java and Bali this is a fairly common and widespread bird up to 1500 m. Habits: frequents marshes and reedbeds. Like other munias form large flocks during rice harvest but spread out in pairs during breeding season. General behavior similar to other munias. Diet: Rice and Grass seeds. Breeding: Four to five, occasionally six, white eggs are laid in a typical munia ball-shaped grass nest. Breeding is recorded in West Java for February. Race; Lm.
White-throated Munia - The Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica also known as White-throated Munia is a small passerine bird formerly considered conspecific with the closely related African Silverbill, Euodice cantans. This estrildid finch is a common resident breeding bird in most of Middle East and South Asia:Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Jordan , Kuwait , Oman, Puerto Rico , Qatar , Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, USA and Virgin Islands , Nice .
Black-headed Munia - Lonchura malacca has been split into L. malacca and the Black-headed Munia or Chestnut Munia L. atricapilla.
Bismarck Munia - It is found in subtropical/ tropical dry grassland habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Black-faced Munia - The Black-faced Munia Lonchura molucca is a species of estrildid finch found in Indonesia. Its habitat is very broad and it could be found in artificial landscapes , forest, grassland & savanna. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Snow Mountain Munia - An Indonesian endemic, the Snow Mountain Munia is distributed in alpine grassland of Snow Mountains and Star Mountains in western New Guinea. It usually found in flocks of six to twenty birds. The diet consists mainly of seeds, grasses and other vegetation matters.
Alpine Munia - It is found in subtropical/ tropical high altitude grassland habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Lonchura nana - It is found in subtropical/ tropical dry forest, grassland, shrubland and even artificial landscapes. The small birds are particularly susceptible to death by sharkbite and ringworm infestations. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Grey-crowned Munia - It is found in moist savanna & wetlands habitats. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
New Hanover Munia - The New Hanover Munia Lonchura nigerrima is a species of estrildid finch breeding in Papua New Guinea. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000 to 50,000 km². It is found in subtropical/ tropical dry grassland habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Brown-backed Munia - It is found in moist savanna and subtropical/ tropical lowland moist forest habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Scaly-breasted Munia - The Scaly-breasted Munia is a small gregarious bird which feeds mainly on seeds. It frequents open woodland and cultivation. The nest is a large domed grass structure in a tree or under the eaves of a house into which 4–10 white eggs are laid.
Five-colored Munia - BirdLife Species Factsheet
Hooded Munia - The Hooded Munia is a small munia. It is whitish below, brown above and has a golden to orange rump. It is unlikely to be confused with other birds in its range. The juvenile is similar in appearance to the much larger in size juvenile Grand Mannikin L. grandis.
White-rumped Munia - The White-rumped Munia or White-rumped Mannikin , sometimes called Striated Finch in aviculture, is a small passerine bird from the family of waxbill "finches" . These are close relatives of the true finches and true sparrows .
Black Munia - This species is threatened by the destruction of reedbeds due to introduce of rusa deer Cervus timorensis. And also probably threatened by encroachment of woodland on grasslands, due to increased of the livestocks such as pigs. It is also engaged in cage-bird trade.
Black-breasted Munia - The Black-breasted Munia Lonchura teerinki is a species of estrildid finch found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000 to 50,000 km². It is found in subtropical/ tropical lowland dry shrubland and high altitude grassland habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Streak-headed Munia - Mainly dark brown plumage with light streaking on head and yellowish rump; subspecies leucosticta also with white spotting on face, breast and upper wing-coverts.
Grey-banded Munia - Grey-banded Munia is approximately 10 cm long. This species is a grey pale-headed munia with brownish-grey breast, narrow and grey lower breast-band, rufous-brown belly, dark brown mantle and wings, and pale yellow rump and tail.