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title: "White-rumped Munia"
description: "Lonchura striata — Vogels. The white-rumped munia (Lonchura striata) or white-rumped mannikin, sometimes called striated finch in aviculture, is a small passerine bird from the family of waxbill \"finches\" (Estrildidae)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/white-rumped-munia
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-rumped Munia

> Lonchura striata — Vogels. The white-rumped munia (Lonchura striata) or white-rumped mannikin, sometimes called striated finch in aviculture, is a small passerine bird from the family of waxbill "finches" (Estrildidae).

- Scientific name: *Lonchura striata*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 7663
- Wikidata: [Q574939](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q574939)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13887](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13887)

## Names

- en: White-rumped Munia
- de: Spitzschwanzbronzemännchen
- es: Capuchino Culiblanco
- fr: Capucin domino
- pt: Manon-de-peito-branco
- pl: Mniszka białorzytna

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1641), HK (1252), CN (1131), TW (904), TH (574), LK (457), MY (224), VN (177), MO (90), KH (52), ID (50), NP (46)

## Summary

The white-rumped munia (Lonchura striata) or white-rumped mannikin, sometimes called striated finch in aviculture, is a small passerine bird from the family of waxbill "finches" (Estrildidae). These are not close relatives of the true finches (Fringillidae) or true sparrows (Passeridae).
It is native to tropical continental Asia and some adjacent islands, and has been naturalized in some parts of Japan. Its domesticated descendant, the society finch or Bengalese finch, is found worldwide as a pet and a biological model organism.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/250990682

## Machine access

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