Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Lonchura (Lonchura) punctulata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Species Lonchura (Lonchura) punctulata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nutmeg Mannikin, Nutmeg Munia

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from South East Asia.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Indonesia

Oriental Region

  • Burma (= Myanmar)
  • China (People's Republic)
    • Hainan
  • Indonesia
  • Kampuchea (Cambodia)
  • Taiwan
  • Thailand
  • Vietnam

Ecological Descriptors

Broadleaf thicket/shrubland, human habitation, tussock grassland.

 

Nomenclatural details of nominate taxon, not in Australia

Loxia punctulata Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 iv 823 pp. [173].

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
22-Mar-2011 MODIFIED