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Yellow-rumped Mannikin (Lonchura flaviprymna) Alternate name(s): "Yellow-rumped Munia", "Yellow-tailed Finch", "Yellow-rumped Finch", "White-headed Finch" Size: 11-12 cm Weight: 10-13 g

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description Click here for a physical description Yellow-rumped Manikins are solid finches. They have a grey head, with a strong grey bill. The throat is greyish cream-buff, the rest of the front is creamy-buff. The legs, vent and undertail coverts are black. The wings are brown, while the rump and tail are roughly the colour of straw. The irises are black, the legs and feet are grey. Juveniles have a darker bill and an olive-brown back.

Taxonomy, classification See Yellow-rumped Mannikin at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species Click here for information on habitat and range The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found, based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to ebird.org . The global distribution of the Yellow-rumped Mannikin is available HERE . Yellow-rumped Mannikins are endemic to the Australian continent, where they have a limited range. They are found only in the eastern Kimberley, northward of about Kununurra, WA, and in the north-western NT, i.e. the Darwin-Daly to Kakadu NP, but NOT Arnhemland. They are most common within that range inland, in relatively dry habitats. Yellow-rumped Mannikins have a preference for reeds and rank grasses around wetlands. They can also be found in commercial crops.

Sightings Click here for sighting information B. Hensen reports spotting Yellow-rumped Mannikins together with Chestnut-breasted Mannikins in Darwin, NT, in December 2015, along the Victoria River, NT, in July 2018. P. Brown reports finding Yellow-rumped Mannikins together with Chestnut-breasted Mannikins in the Leanyer Swamp, Darwin, NT, in March 2019. Another mixed flock was found at Casuarina Coastal Reserve, Darwin, NT, in November 2020. M. Eaton reports finding a large number of Yellow-rumped Mannikins at a waterhole about 100 km west of Timber Creek, NT, in July 2020.

Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Lateral view of an adult Yellow-rumped Mannikin - click on image to see the bird together with Chestnut-breasted Mannikins (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Darwin, NT, December 2015]

Three Yellow-rumped Mannikins, together with Chestnut-breasted Mannikins, lined up in rank reeds
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Darwin, NT, December 2015]

IMMATURE/JUVENILE

Close-up frontal view of two juvenile Yellow-rumped Mannikins (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[100 km W of Timber Creek, NT, July 2020]

Close-up frontal view of two juvenile Yellow-rumped Mannikins (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[100 km W of Timber Creek, NT, July 2020]

Close-up frontal view of two juvenile Yellow-rumped Mannikins with a female Pictorella Mannikin
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[100 km W of Timber Creek, NT, July 2020]

Three juvenile Yellow-rumped Mannikins at a waterhole (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[100 km W of Timber Creek, NT, July 2020]

Close-up lateral view of a juvenile Yellow-rumped Mannikin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[100 km W of Timber Creek, NT, July 2020]

Close-up lateral view of a juvenile Yellow-rumped Mannikin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[100 km W of Timber Creek, NT, July 2020]

Behaviour

In the Darwin area, Yellow-rumped Mannikins are seldom seen alone; they usually appear interspersed into larger flocks of Chestnut-breasted Mannikins. Only farther inland, larger flocks of Yellow-rumped Mannikins can be found.

Yellow-rumped Mannikins feeding by the side of a gravel road (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Victoria River, NT, July 2018]

Food, Diet

Yellow-rumped Mannikins are seed eaters.

Juvenile Yellow-rumped Mannikins at a waterhole, together with a family of Star Finches (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[100 km W of Timber Creek, NT, July 2020]

3 species of finches drinking together: Juvenile Yellow-rumped Mannikins, Star Finches and a Long-tailed Finch
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[100 km W of Timber Creek, NT, July 2020]

3 species of finches drinking together: Juvenile Yellow-rumped Mannikins, Star Finches and a Long-tailed Finch
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[100 km W of Timber Creek, NT, July 2020]

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