Yellow-rumped Mannikin
Lonchura flaviprymna· 梅花雀科(3 photos)
Yellow-rumped Mannikin
11-12 cm. Robust silver bill; fawn-white head; deep chestnut upperparts; yellow-chestnut rump/tail; throat/underparts washed yellow-buff; undertail-coverts black. Immature: like imm. Chestnut-breasted. Pairs to flocks of c. 5-100 (Garnett, 1993): feeds, roosts and, in parts, interbreeds with Chestnut-breasted, producing intermediates.
- Other name
- Yellow-rumped Munia.
- Voice
- like Chestnut-breasted; deeper, more bell-like.
- Habitat
- tall seeding grasses near water; grassy flats with shrubs/trees; mangroves; rice, sorghum; roosts in reedbeds. In 'wet', drier, more inland grasslands, open woodlands.
- Breeding
- Jan.-March.
- Nest
- like Chestnut-breasted.
- Eggs
- 4-5; white, oval.
- Range & Status
- from Ord R. (e. Kimberley, WA) and coastal w. NT, n. to King R. in Arnhem Land, inland to Victoria R. Downs, e. to upper Roper R. Generally scarce; locally abundant, e.g. irrigated areas on Ord R. Locally nomadic: coastwards in dry season, inland in 'wet'.
