munia

Definitions

Any of certain estrildid finches of the genera Lonchura (most instances) and Amandava (two species).

Equivalents

Examples

“It is said, however, occasionally though rarely to eat⟳ insects, and Layard has related how an individual, kept in captivity, killed and swallowed small birds (Munias), its fellow-captives.”

“Munias are smaller than sparrows; they have⟳ pointed short tails, and live⟳ in flocks, building large communal nests shared by several breeding pairs.”

“Okanoya (2002) argues that the Bengalese finch has a much more 'complex' song than the munia. As mentioned earlier, his measure⟳ of complexity is the song linearity. He finds that the average song linearity of the munia is around 0.8 while the Bengalese finch song has a value of around 0.4.”

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