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Lonchura castaneothorax Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Toa Kere-a-Rangi* MG
f.ESTRILDIDAE Estrildid Finches
Lonchura castaneothorax Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Toa Kere-a-Rangi* MG
f.ESTRILDIDAE Estrildid Finches
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    Intl. NamesChestnut‑breasted Mannikin EN   Black Munia EN   Chestnut‑breasted Finch EN   Chestnut‑breasted Munia EN
    Local NamesP,?NRR  Toa Kere-a-rangi*MG 
    Pacific NamesNo Content
    Sci. NamesLonchura castaneothorax (accepted name) , Lonchura castaneothorax castaneothorax [the only Australian subspecies, there are 4 others in PNG]
    High Tax. Eng.k.Animals, p.Vertebrates, c.Birds, f.Estrildid Finches - Bird
    High Tax. Latink.ANIMALIA, p.CHORDATA, sp.GNATHOSTOMATA, spc.TETRAPODA, c.AVES, sc.NEOGNATHAE, o.Passeriformes, f.ESTRILDIDAE
    Natl. PresencePresent
    Sth. PresenceRR- XMG++AT?MK?MT?AK?PL?MN?TK?
    Nth. PresenceTN?MH?RK?PK?NS?SW?
    VouchersRR2006   MG2006  
    Local OriginIntroduced; Recent; Naturalised [Intro ~1999]
    Global RangeNative: Australia (Qld - NSW) - PNG;  Introduced: Vanuatu, French Polynesian (Societies, Marquesas, Australs), Cooks (Mangaia); 
    HabitatLand
    ThreatenedNo Content
    InvasivenessNo Content
    BiosecurityNo Content
    Medical StatusNo Content
    Harmful StatusNo Content
    UsesNo Content
    IdentificationSmall thick-set bird to 11cmTL, 28cmWS. ADULTS similar; beak silver blue; brown with grey head and black face and throat; breast chestnut, with black band and white belly; rump and tail orange, undertail black. MALES sing and do the courtship dance -more... definitive. Females paler and duller; black face with more brown flecking; chest-bar thinner; beak narrower and less silver. JUVENILE olive-brown above, pale below without black face or chest-bar. Seen in flocks feeding on grass seeds.

    4-8 eggs, mainly incubated by female, and both sit on nest at night. Hatch in 14 days and fledge after 21 days, and weaned in 21 days.
    Similar SpeciesNo Content
    Interest NoteNo Content

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Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2026) Cook Islands Biodiversity & Ethnobiology Database, Version 2026.03.16 - Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at https://naturalheritage.gov.ck/cibed
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Adult and Juvenile (French Polynesia) - French Polynesia, Rimatara & Tahiti - Gerald McCormack

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Adult - Cook Islands, Mangaia - Joseph Brider 2020-11


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Lonchura castaneothorax
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
Toa Kere-a-Rangi* MG
ESTRILDIDAE

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