Spotted Munia ( Lonchura punctulata )
Field Identification : Sexes alike. Adult has chestnut-brown face, throat and upper breast, whitish under parts boldly scaled with black, olive-brown upper parts, and olive-yellow to rufous-orange on uppertail-coverts and edges of tail.
Size and Form : 11-12 cm.; swiftlet.
Status : Resident.
Distribution : Most of Pakistan
Habitat : Cultivation, gardens, secondary forest, bush covered hill-sides.
Food : Small berries and seeds.
Breeding : Throughout the year.
Photo taken in village 50-Chak, on Shakargarh Road, near Lahore.
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