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Scaly-breasted munia
Lonchura punctulata · Family Estrildidae
Lonchura punctulata
Family Estrildidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Estrildidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 917,830
- Countries and territories with records
- 69
About this species
This species has 917,830 occurrence records from 69 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (28.7%), the United States (27.3%), Taiwan (18.2%), Thailand (6.8%) and Australia (3.3%); together they account for 84.3% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.43% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Lonchura punctulata combines the genus name Lonchura with the species epithet punctulata. The Warbla app catalog lists 24 species of the genus Lonchura; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Lonchura striata, Lonchura atricapilla and Lonchura castaneothorax.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 120 species of the family Estrildidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 20.8 times the family average (44,065). The family Estrildidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.