Munia fuscata = Padda fuscata (Timor dusky sparrow) MUNIA FUSCATA. THE BROWN PADDA.
Title: A monograph of the weaver-birds, Ploceidae, and arboreal and terrestrial finches, Fringillidae
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Edward Bartlett, d. 1908
Source: https://archive.org/details/monographofweave00bartle/page/n125/mode/1up?view=theater
The Timor sparrow (Padda fuscata), also known as Timor dusky sparrow, is a small, plump dark brown songbird with a large silvery-blue bill, white cheek, pink feet and creamy-white belly. The Timor sparrow inhabits the grasslands and lowlands of the Timor archipelago. Its diet consists mainly of rice and seeds.
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Padda
Species: Padda fuscata (Vieillot, 1817)
Synonyms
- Lonchura fuscata Vieillot, 1807
