Dusky munia

Dusky munia
	from Upper Mentaya, Central Kalimantan
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Estrildidae
Genus:	Lonchura
Species:	L. fuscans
Binomial name
	Lonchura fuscans; (Cassin, 1852)

The dusky munia (Lonchura fuscans) is a species of estrildid finch which is endemic to Borneo.[2] It is found in subtropical/ tropical lowland shrubland, forest and grassland habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

References

BirdLife International (2012). "Lonchura fuscans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.old-form url
Phillipps, Quentin & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.

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[1] BirdLife International (2012). "Lonchura fuscans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.old-form url

[2] Phillipps, Quentin & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.