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Bismarck Munia

Lonchura melaena (Sclater, PL 1880)

The buff-bellied mannikin, also known as the sooty munia or Bismarck munia, is a species of estrildid finch found in New Britain and Buka Island. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000 to 50,000 km2. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Estrildidae
Genus:
   Lonchura
Scientific:
  Lonchura melaena

Original description

Citation:
  (Sclater, PL 1880)

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880, pt.2 p.66 pl.7 fig.2

Imprint year:
  1880

Protonym:
  Munia melaena

Type locality:
  Kabbakadai, New Britain.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90456#page/112/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  922C2DF21A334BB5

Avibase ID:
  avibase-922C2DF2

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/922C2DF2

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 560857

Geographic range:

  • Lonchura melaena: lowland wet grassy areas of New Ireland and New Britain (eastern Bismarck Archipelago), and Buka (northern Solomon Islands)
  • Lonchura melaena melaena: New Britain (southeastern Bismarck Archipelago)
  • Lonchura melaena bukaensis: Buka (just off northern Bougainville, northern Solomon Islands); New Ireland birds are similar
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Bismarck Munia
Catalan:
maniquí de Nova Bretanya
Czech:
panenka tlustozobá
Danish:
Tyknæbssivfinke
German:
Dickkopfnonne
Spanish:
Capuchino de Nueva Bretaña
Spanish (Spain):
Capuchino de Nueva Bretaña
Finnish:
uudenbritannianmanikki
French:
Capucin de Nouvelle-Bretagne
Croatian:
krupnokljuna amadina
Hungarian:
új-britanniai nádipinty
Italian:
Munia delle Bismarck
Japanese (romaji):
nyu-buritenkinpara
Japanese:
ニューブリテンキンパラ
Lithuanian:
Storasnapė munija
Dutch:
Bismarckrietvink
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Tjukknebbnonne
Norwegian:
Tykknebbnonne
Polish:
mniszka grubodzioba
Portuguese:
Capuchinho-bicudo
Portuguese (Portugal):
capuchinho-da-nova-bretanha
Russian:
Толстоклювая муния
Slovak:
mníška hrubozobá
Serbian:
Krupnoglava nona
Swedish:
newbritainmunia
Ukrainian:
Мунія новобританська
Chinese:
太平洋文鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
澳洲黑文鳥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Capucin de Nouvelle-Bretagne ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Capucin de Nouvelle-Bretagne ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
New Britain Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
New Britain Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
New Britain Finch ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
New Britain Finch ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Bismarck Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Bismarck Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Bismarck Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Bismarck Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Bismarck Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Bismarck Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Bismarck Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Bismarck Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Bismarck Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Bismarck Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Bismarck Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Thick-billed Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Thick-billed Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Sooty Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Sooty Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Sooty Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Sooty Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Sooty Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Sooty Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Sooty Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Buff-bellied Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
New Britain Mannikin ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Lonchura melaena [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Lonchura melaena [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Lonchura melaena [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Bismarck Munia ( Lonchura melaena) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Lonchura melaena [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Lonchura melaena [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: maniquí de Nova Bretanya
Czech: Amadina tlustozobá, panenka tlustozobá
Danish: Tyknæbssivfinke
German: Dickkopfnonne, Dickkopfschilffink, Dickkopf-Schilffink
English: Bismarck Black-Mannikin, Bismarck Mannikin, Bismarck Munia, Bismark Munia, Buff-bellied Mannikin, New Britain Finch, New Britain Mannikin, New Britain Munia, Sooty Munia, Thick-billed Mannikin, Thick-billed Munia
English, HBW: Buff-bellied Mannikin
English (IOC): Buff-bellied Mannikin
English (United States): Bismarck Munia
Spanish: Capuchino de Nueva Bretaña, Capuchino de Pico Grueso
Spanish (Spain): Capuchino de Nueva Bretaña
Spanish (HBW): Bismarck Munia
Estonian: uusbritannia amadiin, uus-britannia amadiin
Finnish: uudenbritannianmanikki, Uudenenglanninmanikki
French: Capucin de Nouvelle-Bretagne, Donacole à grosse tête
Croatian: krupnokljuna amadina
Hungarian: új-britanniai nádipinty
Italian: Cappuccino della Nuova Britannia, Munia delle Bismarck
Japanese (romaji): nyuaburitenkinpara, nyu-buritenkimpara, nyu-buritenkinpara
Japanese: ニュアブリテンキンパラ, ニューブリテンキンパラ
Scientific: Lonchura melaena, Lonchura melaena melaena, Munia melaena
Lithuanian: Storasnapė munija
Dutch: Bismarckrietvink, Bismarck-rietvink, Dikkop rietvink
Norwegian Nynorsk: Tjukknebbnonne
Norwegian: Tykknebbet sivfink, Tykknebbnonne
Polish: mniszka grubodzioba
Portuguese: Capuchinho-bicudo
Portuguese (Portugal): capuchinho-da-nova-bretanha
Russian: Толстоклювая амадина, Толстоклювая муния
Slovak: mníška hrubozobá
Serbian: Krupnoglava nona
Swedish: Bismarckmunia, newbritainmunia
Turkish: Bismark munyası
Ukrainian: Мунія новобританська
Chinese: 太平洋文鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 澳洲黑文鳥

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