Listen to the Bronze mannikin
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About the Bronze mannikin
The Bronze mannikin is a bird in the family Estrildidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Bronze mannikin sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The bronze mannikin or bronze munia (Spermestes cucullata) is a small passerine (i.e. perching) bird of the Afrotropics. This very social estrildid finch is an uncommon to locally abundant bird in much of Africa south of the Sahara Desert, where it is resident, nomadic or irruptive in mesic savanna or forest margin habitats. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 23,600,000 km2 (9,100,000 sq mi). It is the smallest and most widespread of four munia species on the African mainland, the other being black-and-white, red-backed and magpie mannikin. It co-occurs with the Madagascar mannikin on the Comoro Islands, and was introduced to Puerto Rico. Especially in the West Africa, it is considered a pest in grain and rice fields. It is locally trapped for the pet bird trade.
More from the family Estrildidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a Bronze mannikin sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Bronze mannikin on this page, including its call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Bronze mannikin endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Bronze mannikin as “least concern”.
What family does the Bronze mannikin belong to?
The Bronze mannikin (Spermestes cucullata) belongs to the family Estrildidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya by Anne Ndung'u – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q28847333 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Bronze mannikin – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by gisela gerson lohman-braun – CC BY-SA 2.0