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Bronze Mannikin

bronze mannikin, bronze munia, Spermestes cucullata, capucin nonnète, capuchino bronceado, Nicolas Urlacher, birds of kenya, birds of africa, birds of karura forest
Names, conservation status and distribution
bronze mannikin, bronze munia, Spermestes cucullata, capucin nonnète, capuchino bronceado, Nicolas Urlacher, birds of kenya, birds of africa, birds of karura forest
Karura Forest, Nairobi
bronze mannikin, bronze munia, Spermestes cucullata, capucin nonnète, capuchino bronceado, Nicolas Urlacher, birds of kenya, birds of africa, birds of karura forest
Karura Forest, Nairobi
bronze mannikin, bronze munia, Spermestes cucullata, capucin nonnète, capuchino bronceado, Nicolas Urlacher, birds of kenya, birds of africa, birds of karura forest
Karura Forest, Nairobi
bronze mannikin, bronze munia, Spermestes cucullata, capucin nonnète, capuchino bronceado, Nicolas Urlacher, birds of kenya, birds of africa, birds of karura forest
Karura Forest, Nairobi

The bronze mannikin or bronze munia (Lonchura cucullata) is a small passerine (i.e. perching) bird of the Afrotropics. This very social estrildid finch is an uncommon to locally abundant bird in much of Africa south of the Sahara Desert, where it is resident, nomadic or irruptive in mesic savanna or forest margin habitats.[5][6] It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 8,100,000 km². It is the smallest and most widespread of four munia species on the African mainland, the other being black-and-white, red-backed and magpie mannikin.