Scaly breasted Munia Madrona Marsh Torrance California 101

Lovely little interlopers. Scaly-breasted Munias are known in the pet trade as Nutmeg Mannikins or Spice Finches. It is endemic in Asia from India to the Philippines.

Here they are in Torrance. And countable.

We found this guy with his head buried in the bird feeder, occasionally chased away by a sparrow or goldfinch.

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