Subgenus Lonchura (Munia) Hodgson, 1836

Museums

Regional Maps

• Munia Hodgson, B.H. 1836. Notices of the ornithology of Nepal. Asiatic Researches. Calcutta 19: 143-192 [153].

  Type species:

   Munia rubroniger Hodgson, 1836 by subsequent designation, see Gray, G.R. 1841. A List of the Genera of Birds, with their synonyms and an indication of the typical species of each genus. London : R. & J. Taylor xii 115 pp. [Date published Sep 1841] [57] (= Loxia atricapilla Vieillot, 1805).
• Donacola Gould, J. 1842. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 3(6). [Date published 1 Mar 1842] [pl. 94].

  Type species:

   Amadina castaneothorax Gould, 1837 by monotypy.
• Weebongia Lesson, R.P. 1845. Description de sept espèces d'oiseaux. Écho du Monde Savant, 12th year, No. 13. 294-297 pp. [295].

  Type species:

   Weebongia albiventer Lesson, 1845 by monotypy (= Amadina castaneothorax Gould, 1837).
• Donacicola Sundevall, C.J. 1872. Methodi Naturalis Avium Disponendarum Tentamen. Stockholm : Samson & Wallin lxix 187 + 12 pp. [30] [unjustified emendation of Donacola Gould, 1842: ICdZN Art. 33.2].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal, Torres Strait Islands
  • Western Australia: N coastal
• Indonesia
  • Irian Jaya
• Papua New Guinea

Oriental Region

• Bangladesh
• Burma (= Myanmar)
• China (People's Republic)
  • Yunnan
• India
  • Assam

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)