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Yellow-rumped MannikinAlternate 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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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]