Black-breasted Munia
Lonchura teerinki
A small bird of mid-montane grasslands in western New Guinea. Black face and chest, brown upperparts, yellow rump and tail, yellow sides and white belly bordered with a black line, and a thick, silver-blue bill. Usually seen in small flocks. May have a slight altitudinal overlap with Snow Mountain, but Black-breasted Munia is normally lower and has a black chest. Call, a squealing “week!” repeated constantly.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Lonchura teerinki
- Authority
- Rand, 1940
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Estrildidae
- Genus
- Lonchura
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
Photos
Distribution
Other Birds
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Phaenicophilus palmarum
A slow-moving and occasionally tail-twitching species of woodland thickets and dense cover; often found in mixed-species flocks. Note its black face and crown that is boldly marked with white spots and contrasts sharply with an entirely white throat. The similar Gray-crowned Palm-Tanager has a gray crown and a gray center to the throat. Vocalizations include a high thin “tseeoo” and “ts” as well as a nasal “byu.”
Plain-brown Woodcreeper
Dendrocincla fuliginosa
Medium-sized woodcreeper; well-named, all plain warm brown with no streaking. Note face pattern: dark mustache line and pale grayish cheek. Bill rather short for a woodcreeper and all dark. Mainly a forest bird, most often seen accompanying a mixed-species flock. Not usually up in the canopy; prefers lower or middle levels.
Mindoro Bulbul
Hypsipetes mindorensis
A medium-sized bird of lowland and montane forest and more open wooded areas on Mindoro and Semirara. Dark brown on the upperparts and chest with a pale belly, a fairly long stout black bill, and a grayish head with faint streaks. The only other bulbul in its range is Yellow-vented, which has a white face. Mindoro Bulbul is noisy and conspicuous. Voice includes harsh grating calls and a slurred whistled melody.
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