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Lonchura atricapilla · Family Estrildidae
Lonchura atricapilla
Family Estrildidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Estrildidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 96,157
- Countries and territories with records
- 34
About this species
This species has 96,157 occurrence records from 34 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Taiwan (25.4%), the United States (21.6%), the Philippines (17.8%), Malaysia (10.8%) and Thailand (7.3%); together they account for 82.8% of the total. In Taiwan, this species accounts for 0.12% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Lonchura atricapilla combines the genus name Lonchura with the species epithet atricapilla. The Warbla app catalog lists 24 species of the genus Lonchura; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Lonchura punctulata, Lonchura striata and Lonchura castaneothorax.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 120 species of the family Estrildidae. This species ranks 13th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Lonchura punctulata. Its record count is 2.2 times the family average (44,065). The family Estrildidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.