White-headed Munia Lonchura maja Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (28)
- Subspecies (2)
Robert B. Payne
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 12, 2018
Text last updated October 12, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Обикновена белоглава амадина |
| Catalan | maniquí capblanc |
| Chinese | 白頭文鳥 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 白頭文鳥 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白头文鸟 |
| Croatian | srebrnastoglava amadina |
| Dutch | Witkopnon |
| English | White-headed Munia |
| English (United States) | White-headed Munia |
| Estonian | valgepea-amadiin |
| Finnish | valkohuppumanikki |
| French | Capucin à tête blanche |
| French (Canada) | Capucin à tête blanche |
| German | Weißkopfnonne |
| Indonesian | Bondol haji |
| Japanese | ヘキチョウ |
| Norwegian | hvithodenonne |
| Polish | mniszka białogłowa |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Capuchinho-de-cabeça-branca |
| Russian | Белоголовая муния |
| Serbian | Beloglava nona |
| Slovak | mníška bielohlavá |
| Spanish | Capuchino Cabeciblanco |
| Spanish (Spain) | Capuchino cabeciblanco |
| Swedish | vithuvad munia |
| Thai | นกกระติ๊ดหัวขาว |
| Turkish | Ak Başlı Munya |
| Ukrainian | Мунія білоголова |
Lonchura maja (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Loxia maja
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.301.
TYPE LOCALITY:
East Indies; restricted to Malacca by Robinson and Kloss, 1924, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, 5, p. 362.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- LONCHURA
- maja
- Maja
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the White-headed Munia
