Red-backed mannikin

Red-backed mannikin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Lonchura
Species: L. nigriceps
Binomial name
Lonchura nigriceps
(Cassin, 1852)
Synonyms[2]

Spermestes nigriceps
Spermestes bicolor nigriceps
Spermestes bicolor woltersi

The red-backed mannikin (Lonchura nigriceps), also known as the brown-backed mannikin or brown-backed munia, is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa.

Taxonomy

This taxon has been considered a subspecies of L. bicolor, the black-and-white mannikin.

Distribution and habitat

It occurs in Angola, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is found in moist savanna and subtropical/ tropical lowland moist forest habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as being of Least Concern.

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