Gold Lumbar Amadina

	Gold Lumbar Amadina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Animals
Kingdom :	Eumetazoi
No rank :	Bilateral symmetrical
No rank :	Secondary
Type of:	Chordate
Subtype :	Vertebrates
Infratype :	Maxillary
Overclass :	Tetrapods
Grade:	Birds
Subclass :	Real birds
Infraclass :	Newborn
Squad:	Passerines
Suborder :	Songbirds
Infrastructure :	Passerida
Superfamily :	Passeroidea
Family:	Finch weavers
Gender:	Munia
View:	Gold Lumbar Amadina
International scientific name
	Lonchura kelaarti ( Jerdon , 1863 )
Security status
	Least Concerned; IUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 22719818

Gold-lumbar Amadina ^[1] ( lat. Lonchura kelaarti ) is a bird in the family of finch weavers of the order Passeriformes .

Content

Appearance

The length of the birds is 12 cm. The species includes three geographical forms. Birds differ slightly in the color of the plumage of their lower body. Their upper body is brown with light streaks-streaks, the top of the head is darker. Upper tail coverts are shiny yellow-orange. The forehead, side of the head, throat and goiter to the upper chest are almost black. The rest of the lower body is yellow brown to ocher red. Steering black. The iris is brown, almost black above the beak , the mandible is gray-blue, the legs are gray.

In birds of the same form, the lower part of the body is light brown with black transverse stripes; there is a white spot on the upper tail. In birds of a different shape, the lower part of the body is dark red-buffy without transverse stripes. Birds of the third form have a tan plumage of the lower body.

Distribution

They live in Sri Lanka (the first two forms) and in southern India .

Lifestyle

They live solitary in high mountains in forest glades, clearings and on the edges of forests .

Reproduction

The female lays 3-8 white eggs. Chicks appear in 16-17 days.

Notes

↑ Boehme R. L. , Flint V. E. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 444. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .

Literature

Zherdev E.S. The Feathered Rainbow: A Reference Guide. - M.: Forestry, 1988. - S. 181-183 ISBN 5-7120-0084-9

[1] Boehme R. L. , Flint V. E. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 444. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .