Great-billed mannikin

Great-billed mannikin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Lonchura
Species: L. grandis
Binomial name
Lonchura grandis
(Sharpe, 1882)

The great-billed mannikin or grand munia (Lonchura grandis) is a species of estrildid finch found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It is found in wetlands habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

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