Pictorella mannikin

Pictorella mannikin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Heteromunia
Mathews, 1913
Species:
H. pectoralis
Binomial name
Heteromunia pectoralis
(Gould, 1841)

The pictorella mannikin, pictorella munia, or pictorella finch (Heteromunia pectoralis) is small brown and grey finch with a grey bill and distinctive scaly white breast plate which is endemic to northern Australia. It is a seed-eater found in pairs and small flocks in dry savannah and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Heteromunia pectoralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22719908A94651197. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22719908A94651197.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.