Nutmeg Mannikin
Lonchura punctulata
Esplanade, Cairns, FN Qld IMG_8010 20200703 - CLICK for another 202308309.
Notes: Aka Scaly-breasted Munia and Spice Finch.
Plain dark brown above, darker facial
mask w. dark conical bill; white,
heavily intricately scaled brown below.
Introduced from tropical Asia,
sedentary. Around towns.
Range from eBird©(last 10 years)
Esplanade, Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_9243 20201016 - CLICK for flock feeding, 20231128.
Opp Howe St, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_9219 20230906
Esplanade, Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_9221 20201016 - CLICK for another view.
Esplanade, Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_3276 20210529 - CLICK for another.
Esplanade, Cairns, FN Qld IMG_8021 20200703 - juvenile: plain; finely streaked ear coverts. CLICK for another view.
Esplanade, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_8344 20231216 - in the rain.
Cemetery, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_0566 20231103
Esplanade, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_0684 20231104