Bronze Mannikin

Copyright: AW/monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Kinshasa, DRC, Dec 2010

Bird name: Bronze Mannikin
Latin: Lonchura cucullata
Other: Bronze Munia
Family: Estrildidae • Munias
Range: Sub-Saharan Africa

This Bronze Mannikin was seen with Weavers and Cordon-Bleus, near a waterfall near Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Bronze Mannikin is the name used by the IOC, but Bronze Munia is also very common.

It has a small emerald patch on the shoulder.