New Hanover mannikin
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New Hanover mannikin (Lonchura nigerrima) is a species of estrildid finch breeding in New Hannover. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000 to 50,000 km2. It is found in subtropical/ tropical (lowland) dry grassland habitat. The New Hanover mannikin has sometimes been treated as a subspecies of Mottled mannikin.[2] The status of Mottled mannikin (with New Hanover mannikin included) is evaluated as Least Concern.[1]
New Hanover mannikin | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Estrildidae |
Genus: | Lonchura |
Species: | L. nigerrima |
Binomial name | |
Lonchura nigerrima (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1899) | |
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