DE: Braunbrustschilffink, NL: Bruinborstrietvink, FR: Capucin donacole, ES: Capuchino de Pecho,
IT: Cappuccino pettocastano, PT: Capuchinho de peito castanho, DK: Brunbrystet Sivfinke,
SW: Brunbröstad munia, NO: Sivnonne, FI: Ruskorintamanikki, PL: Mniszka przepasana,
CZ: Panenka hnedoprsá, HU: Barnamellű nádipinty, TR: Kestane göğüslü mannikin
Lonchura castaneothorax
Lonchura castaneothorax castaneothorax
Lonchura c. assimilis
Lonchura c. boschmai
Lonchura c. ramseyi (nigriceps)
Lonchura c. sharpii
Lonchura c. uropygialis
Origin: Australia and New Guinea
Length: 9-11 cm
At the pictures you see the subspecies Dwarf Chestnut breasted munia L. c. sharpii
Chestnut-breasted Munias L.c.Sharpii (pair)
Chestnut-breasted Munia L.c.sharpii (male)
Chestnut-breasted Munias – Young ones 14 days old
Chestnut-breasted Munias – Young ones, 4 weeks old
Food: They feed on seeds of grass and sedge (reed grass), wild rice and millet. They normally pick up the seeds out of the spikes. It is rare for these birds to get down on the ground
The birds are colony breeders and are always found close together. Outside the breeding season they roam about in swarms looking for food.