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White Rumped Mannikin
The White Rumped Mannikin is sometimes called a White Rumped Munia and they belong to the family of Waxbill Finches. The White Rumped Mannikins like open woodland, grassland and scrub and are also able to adapt to agricultural land use. These birds feed mainly on seeds and sometimes algae and it has been suggested that they obtain protein for their diet from the algae. They like moving through the undergrowth in groups but sometimes on their own. The nest they build are large domed grass structure in a tree or a bush but, they have been known to use other birds abandoned nests, and they lay anything from three to eight white eggs.
White Rumped Mannikin
The White Rumped Mannikin is sometimes called a White Rumped Munia and they belong to the family of Waxbill Finches. The White Rumped Mannikins like open woodland, grassland and scrub and are also able to adapt to agricultural land use. These birds feed mainly on seeds and sometimes algae and it has been suggested that they obtain protein for their diet from the algae. They like moving through the undergrowth in groups but sometimes on their own. The nest they build are large domed grass structure in a tree or a bush but, they have been known to use other birds abandoned nests, and they lay anything from three to eight white eggs.