Scaly-breasted Munia

• The scaled pattern on its breast has given it local names referring to the skin of a fish or the scales of a snake in several Asian languages.
• It has become established on dozens of islands and in regions outside its natural range through the cage-bird trade, and is today one of the most widespread introduced birds in the world.
• It builds globular grass nests with a side entrance, and several pairs may nest in the same bush, forming small, very tightly packed colonies.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bird)

Habitat and environment

Grassland, rice fields, farmland and gardens of southern and South-East Asia; introduced on many islands

Sexual maturity

12 months

Gestation / incubation

13 days of incubation

Litter / clutch size

5 eggs

Sources consulted: Wikipedia (es): Lonchura punctulata