Black-and-white Mannikin
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The Black-and-white Mannikin or Black-and-white Munia Lonchura bicolor is a species of estrildid finch
found in southern and central Africa
. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 4,200,000 km².
It is found in moist savanna
and subtropical/tropical lowland moist forest habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern
. They are known to feed on algae.
Estrildid finch
The estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They can be classified as the family Estrildidae , or as a sub-group within the family Passeridae, which also includes the true sparrows....
found in southern and central Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 4,200,000 km².
It is found in moist savanna
Savanna
A savanna, or savannah, is a grassland ecosystem characterized by the trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to support an unbroken herbaceous layer consisting primarily of C4 grasses.Some...
and subtropical/tropical lowland moist forest habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern
Least Concern
Least Concern is an IUCN category assigned to extant taxon or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category. As such they do not qualify as threatened, Near Threatened, or Conservation Dependent...
. They are known to feed on algae.