White-spotted mannikin

White-spotted mannikin
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Estrildidae
Genus:	Mayrimunia
Species:	M. leucosticta
Binomial name
Mayrimunia leucosticta (D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879)

The white-spotted mannikin (Mayrimunia leucosticta) is a small passerine bird in the family Estrildidae. It is endemic to southern New Guinea.

This species has sometimes been considered as a subspecies of the streak-headed mannikin. ^[2] The species is monotypic. ^[3]

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Lonchura leucosticta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2018.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
2. del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "White-spotted Mannikin (Lonchura leucosticta)" . Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 May 2018.