Chestnut-breasted mannikin

Chestnut-breasted mannikin
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Estrildidae
Genus:	Lonchura
Species:	L. castaneothorax
Binomial name
Lonchura castaneothorax (Gould, 1837)
Subspecies
L. c. castaneothorax L. c. assimilis L. c. ramsayi L. c. boschmai L. c. sharpii L. c. uropygialis
range

The chestnut-breasted mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax), also known as the chestnut-breasted munia or bully bird (in Australia), is a small brown-backed munia with a black face and greyish crown and nape. It has a broad ferruginous breast bar above a white belly. The species is found in Australia, New Caledonia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. This species has also been introduced to French Polynesia.