an adult Scaly-breasted Munia on a lalang
it juvenile having brown underside, pic show a moulting juvenile showing some scaly pattern.
Pipit Pinang
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulata
01 June 2009
Pipit Pinang
Pipit pinang is a malay name for Scaly-breasted Munia. Commonly found at grassland, flying in groups.
an adult Scaly-breasted Munia on a lalang
it juvenile having brown underside, pic show a moulting juvenile showing some scaly pattern.
Pipit Pinang
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulata
an adult Scaly-breasted Munia on a lalang
it juvenile having brown underside, pic show a moulting juvenile showing some scaly pattern.
Pipit Pinang
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulata
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the first photograph is a great shot, lot of details and crisp.
ReplyDeleteGreat composition too.
Not easy to photography this small bird.
ReplyDeleteYou have captured their natural feeding habit, when the bird perch on the grass stalk, then move upward and bend it with their body weight.