Lonchura atricapilla [atricapilla] (Southern Black-headed Munia [atricapilla])

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Southern Black-headed Munia [atricapilla]

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

Citation:
(Vieillot, LJP 1807)

Reference:
Ois. Chanteurs livr.9 p.84 pl.LIII

Protonym:
Loxia atricapilla

Type locality:
Les Grandes-Indes ; restricted to lower Bengal by Robinson and Kloss, 1924, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, 5, p. 362.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/250258#page/204/mode/1up

Avibase ID:
704B43813E25BF84

Avibase ID:
avibase-704B4381

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/704B4381

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 924731

English:
Southern Black-headed Munia [atricapilla]
French:
Capucin à tête noire [atricapilla]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Southern Black-headed Munia [atricapilla] ( Lonchura atricapilla [atricapilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Southern Black-headed Munia [atricapilla] ( Lonchura atricapilla [atricapilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Southern Black-headed Munia [atricapilla] ( Lonchura atricapilla [atricapilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Southern Black-headed Munia [atricapilla] ( Lonchura atricapilla [atricapilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Southern Black-headed Munia [nominate] ( Lonchura atricapilla [atricapilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Southern Black-headed Munia [nominate] ( Lonchura atricapilla [atricapilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Southern Black-headed Munia [nominate] ( Lonchura atricapilla [atricapilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Southern Black-headed Munia [nominate] ( Lonchura atricapilla [atricapilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Southern Black-headed Munia [nominate] ( Lonchura atricapilla [atricapilla])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

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