Lonchura tristissima [tristissima, hypomelaena, caliminoros, bigilalae] (Streak-headed Munia [tristissima, hypomelaena, caliminoros, bigilalae])

Streak-headed Munia [tristissima, hypomelaena, caliminoros, bigilalae]

Lonchura tristissima [tristissima, hypomelaena, caliminoros, bigilalae] (= Lonchura tristissima tristissima) (Wallace, AR 1865)

The streak-headed mannikin also known as the streak-headed munia, is a small estrildid finch. Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Estrildidae
Genus:
   Lonchura
Scientific:
  Lonchura tristissima tristissima

Original description

Citation:
(Wallace, AR 1865)

Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1865, Part 2 p. 479

Protonym:
Munia tristissima

Type locality:
New Guinea (northwestern extremity).

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90412#page/563/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
47BB39B6A03A6D60

Avibase ID:
avibase-47BB39B6

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/47BB39B6

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 924730

Geographic range:

Lonchura tristissima tristissima: NW New Guinea (Vogelkop Mountains)
Lonchura tristissima hypomelaena: western New Guinea (Weyland and Charles Louis Mountains)
Lonchura tristissima calaminoros: New Guinea (western lowlands, lowlands of northern New Guinea east of the Bird's Neck east to the northern slope of the Southeastern Peninsula, and southern slope of the Southeastern Peninsula east of Port Moresby)
Lonchura tristissima bigilalai: southeastern New Guinea (southern slope of the southeastern Peninsula; distribution incompletely known, but reported from Lakekamu basin southeast to Rigo)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Streak-headed Munia [tristissima, hypomelaena, caliminoros, bigilalae]
French:
Capucin à tête rayée [tristissima, hypomelaena, caliminoros, bigilalai]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Streak-headed Munia [tristissima, hypomelaena, caliminoros, bigilalae] ( Lonchura tristissima [tristissima, hypomelaena, caliminoros, bigilalae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Streak-headed Munia [tristissima, hypomelaena, caliminoros, bigilalae] ( Lonchura tristissima [tristissima, hypomelaena, caliminoros, bigilalae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Streak-headed Munia [tristissima, hypomelaena, caliminoros, bigilalae] ( Lonchura tristissima [tristissima, hypomelaena, caliminoros, bigilalae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Streak-headed Munia [tristissima, hypomelaena, caliminoros, bigilalae] ( Lonchura tristissima [tristissima, hypomelaena, caliminoros, bigilalae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Streak-headed Munia [tristissima, hypomelaena, caliminoros, bigilalae] ( Lonchura tristissima [tristissima, hypomelaena, caliminoros, bigilalae])
Birdlife checklist version 00: Streak-headed Munia ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 01: Streak-headed Munia ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 02: Streak-headed Munia ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 03: Streak-headed Munia ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 04: Streak-headed Munia ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Streak-headed Munia ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Streak-headed Munia ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Streak-headed Munia ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Streak-headed Munia ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Streak-headed Munia ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Streak-headed Munia ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Streak-headed Mannikin ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Streak-headed Mannikin ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Streak-headed Mannikin ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Streak-headed Mannikin ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Streak-headed Mannikin ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Streak-headed Mannikin ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 4]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Streak-headed Mannikin ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 4]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Streak-headed Mannikin ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 4]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Streak-headed Mannikin ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 4]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Streak-headed Mannikin ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 4]
Clements, version 2021: Streak-headed Munia ( Mayrimunia tristissima) [version 3]
Clements, version 2022: Streak-headed Munia ( Mayrimunia tristissima) [version 3]
Clements, version 2023: Streak-headed Munia ( Mayrimunia tristissima) [version 3]
eBird version 2021: Streak-headed Munia ( Mayrimunia tristissima) [version 3]
eBird version 2022: Streak-headed Munia ( Mayrimunia tristissima) [version 3]
eBird version 2023: Streak-headed Munia ( Mayrimunia tristissima) [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Streak-headed Mannikin ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 4]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Streak-headed Mannikin ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 4]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Streak-headed Mannikin ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Streak-headed Mannikin ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Streak-headed Mannikin ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Streak-headed Mannikin ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Streak-headed Mannikin ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Streak-headed Mannikin ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Streak-headed Mannikin ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Streak-headed Mannikin ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Streak-headed Mannikin ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Streak-headed Mannikin ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Streak-headed Mannikin ( Mayrimunia tristissima) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Streak-headed Mannikin ( Mayrimunia tristissima) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Streak-headed Mannikin ( Mayrimunia tristissima) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Streak-headed Mannikin ( Mayrimunia tristissima) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Streak-headed Mannikin ( Mayrimunia tristissima) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Streak-headed Mannikin ( Mayrimunia tristissima) [version 3]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Streak-headed Mannikin ( Lonchura tristissima) [version 3]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Streak-headed Mannikin ( Mayrimunia tristissima) [version 3]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Streak-headed Mannikin ( Mayrimunia tristissima) [version 3]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Streak-headed Mannikin ( Mayrimunia tristissima) [version 3]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Lonchura [tristissima or leucosticta]

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