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title: "White-headed Munia"
description: "Lonchura maja — Vogels. The white-headed munia (Lonchura maja) is a small passerine bird belonging to the estrildid finch family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/white-headed-munia
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-headed Munia

> Lonchura maja — Vogels. The white-headed munia (Lonchura maja) is a small passerine bird belonging to the estrildid finch family.

- Scientific name: *Lonchura maja*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1956
- Wikidata: [Q548262](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q548262)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13892](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13892)

## Names

- en: White-headed Munia
- de: Weißkopfnonne
- es: Capuchino Cabeciblanco
- fr: Capucin à tête blanche
- pt: Capuchinho-de-cabeça-branca
- pl: Mniszka białogłowa

## Countries with the most observations

ID (1048), MY (316), SG (227), VN (107), HK (66), TH (28), MQ (9), TW (7), GP (4)

## Summary

The white-headed munia (Lonchura maja) is a small passerine bird belonging to the estrildid finch family. This species is often confused with, and referred to as, the Pale-headed munia (Lonchura pallida) which can be differentiated by tan coloured flanks which are lighter than the brown wings and also by the absence of the black belly.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-headed_munia

## Photo

![White-headed Munia](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-headed-munia/medium.jpg)

Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/365357948

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-headed-munia?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).