The Black-headed Munia, Lonchura atricapilla (formerly considered as a subspecies of the Tricoloured Munia Lonchura malacca atricapilla) also known as Chestnut Munia, is a small passerine bird. This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in Bangladesh , Brunei , Cambodia , China , India , Indonesia , Laos , Malaysia , Burma , Nepal , Philippines , Singapore , Taiwan , Thailand , & Vietnam . Known as maya pula (red maya, to distinguish it from the predominantly brownish Tree Sparrow which is also called maya) in the Philippines , this bird was the former national bird of the Philippines (the Philippine national bird is now the Philippine eagle)
Black-headed Munia, Lonchura atricapilla
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