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Munia fuscata = Padda fuscata (Timor dusky sparrow)
Subject: Munia fuscata = Padda fuscata (Timor dusky sparrow)
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Munia fuscata = Padda fuscata (Timor dusky sparrow)


MUNIA FUSCATA. THE BROWN PADDA.

Title: A monograph of the weaver-birds, Ploceidae, and arboreal and terrestrial finches, Fringillidae
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Edward Bartlett, d. 1908
Source: https://archive.org/details/monographofweave00bartle/page/n125/mode/1up?view=theater

The Timor sparrow (Padda fuscata), also known as Timor dusky sparrow, is a small, plump dark brown songbird with a large silvery-blue bill, white cheek, pink feet and creamy-white belly. The Timor sparrow inhabits the grasslands and lowlands of the Timor archipelago. Its diet consists mainly of rice and seeds.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Padda
Species: Padda fuscata (Vieillot, 1817)
Synonyms
- Lonchura fuscata Vieillot, 1807

Ploceidae
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