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White-headed Munia – adult/immature/juvenile plumage and 6 calls
12 May 2018

White-headed Munia – adult/immature/juvenile plumage and 6 calls

by BESG | posted in: Morphology-Develop., Vocalisation | 0

“White-headed Munia (Lonchura maja) plumage changes as they mature requires more observation. Wells (2007) offers some guidance but there is much variation. The birds are very sociable and soon after fledging will congregate in ‘mixed’ flocks of adults, juveniles and … Continued

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White-headed Munias and the bird biodiversity of my garden
26 Apr 2018

White-headed Munias and the bird biodiversity of my garden

by BESG | posted in: Nature Conservation | 0

Since the latter part of 2017 a few Scaly-breasted Munias (Lonchura punctulata) regularly visited my garden LINK 1 and LINK 2. They came during the late evenings to feed on the Siglap Grass (Zoysia matrella) seeds. Their small size and … Continued

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White-headed Munia’s social behaviour
29 Sep 2014

White-headed Munia’s social behaviour

by BESG | posted in: Morphology-Develop. | 0

“Not sure why this adult White-headed Munia (Lonchura maja) was agitated and raised its hackles with alarm calls. It could been my presence but I suspect I missed some element of danger to the juveniles.” Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS Ipoh, … Continued

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White-headed Munia – feeding technique
16 Feb 2014

White-headed Munia – feeding technique

by BESG | posted in: Feeding strategy, Feeding-plants | 0

“Rather than do the conventional feeding of climbing up an unstable reed they have elected to feed on grain that has fallen to the ground. “A mixture of adults and juveniles. “Seen this feeding behaviour of the White-headed Munia (Lonchura … Continued

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