---
title: "Tricolored Munia"
description: "Lonchura malacca — Aves. The tricoloured munia (Lonchura malacca) is an estrildid finch, native to Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and southern China."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/tricolored-munia
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tricolored Munia

> Lonchura malacca — Aves. The tricoloured munia (Lonchura malacca) is an estrildid finch, native to Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and southern China.

- Scientific name: *Lonchura malacca*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2131
- iNaturalist taxon: [979790](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/979790)

## Names

- en: Tricolored Munia
- de: Schwarzbauchnonne
- es: Capuchino Tricolor de la India
- fr: Capucin à dos marron

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1305), LK (180), CO (136), MX (100), US (66), TT (40), HN (32), DO (21), PA (18), NP (17), CR (13), BD (10)

## Summary

The tricoloured munia (Lonchura malacca) is an estrildid finch, native to Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and southern China. The species has also been introduced to the Caribbean, in Trinidad, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Venezuela. This species, like the chestnut munia has been known as the black-headed munia.  Immature birds have pale brown upperparts, lack the dark head found in adults, and have uniform buff underparts that can be confused with immatures of other munias such as the scaly-breasted munia.

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

## Photo

![Tricolored Munia](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tricolored-munia/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vinay K L · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144579198

## Machine access

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