Chestnut-breasted mannikin

Chestnut-breasted mannikin
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
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.

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