Chestnut-Breasted Mannikin: Front

Chestnut-Breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)

Order:

Perching Birds (Passeriformes)

Family:

Weaver-finch (Estrildidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Chestnut-Breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax)

This Photo:

Front

Thank you Brendan Duggan for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere
The 2 reasons for adding this, primarily Queensland, species are that

It is a quite beautiful finch
It was photographed free in the Adelaide Hills.

We eventually determined it was an "Escapee" (ie held locally in captivity & then escaped). As such, we wanted to highlight that even though the books give you a locality range, it's quite possible to spot a species well outside of it's normal area (but unusual). This individual stayed around for 2 or 3 years, living happily with a flock of Red-browed Firetails.

This species is classed as

Ir (Regionally Introduced)

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