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I didn't know that (mind you, what I do know about native birds would fit on that archaic object, a postage stamp)...
Here's a nicer portrait...
Chestnut breasted mannikin peering at us
August 27, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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Helen's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #NaturalSeeds

Chestnut-breasted mannikins snacking on grass seed #photography #birds #Mannikin #nature #wildlife #gift #ECK
Chestnut-breasted mannikins snacking on grass seed
August 27, 2026 at 6:48 AM
handcranked.bsky.social
You lookin' at me? You lookin' at me?

A little chestnut-breasted mannikin staring me down in Moorea for #BirdOfTheDay #LittleBrownBirds and the alt #busted.

#scape #SensoryArt #small

#EastCoastKin #ECK #birds #PhotographersUnited #photography #OM-3
A little chesnut-breasted mannikin perched on a wide vertical grass or thin leaf. Its body is facing the right but it's looking right at the camera. The bird has a tan crown, black head and neck, a chestnut breast with a black band at the bottom, brown wings and tail, and a white belly with black spot along the wings. The beak appears gray hair and the eyes and legs are black. The background is a blurred mix of yellow with some blure and a bit of white in the top corner. There's another wilted leaf on the bottome left.
August 7, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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It is 🙏 Not bright, not iridescent, but lovely rich colours and so sharply delineated ♥️
Chestnut-breasted mannikin perched on a grass stalk.
June 30, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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@robcrank68.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfJune26

According to the community:
at Sandy Camp Wetlands
on 4/6 Australasian darter, chestnut-breasted mannikin
on 19/6 forest kingfisher, cormorants

#photography #birds #darter #mannikin #kingfisher #cormorant #nature #wildlife #ECK
An Australasian darter preening. The bird is perched on a stump in the middle of a pond wings outstretched to dry, its outline mirrored in the relatively calm surface of the pond. Chestnut-breasted mannikin perched, facing us, on a grass stalk slightly bowed under its weight. Forest kingfisher in a power dive, wings on the downbeat, in profile going right to left. A tree full of roosting cormorants
June 29, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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Chestnut-breasted mannikin, Sandy Camp

@robcrank68.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay Theme is #LookingAtYou

#SmallBirdSaturday
#photography #birds #wildlife #nature #SandyCamp #mannikin #gift #ECK
A chestnut-breasted mannikin, pausing from eating grass seeds to check on the photographer. The bird is a wonderful mix of black, white, grey and browns, with a dark head and nape, caramel breast divided from a white belly by a dark horizontal stripe, and a lightly barred back under the wings (not visible here) and brown wings.
June 5, 2026 at 10:30 PM
antifapatriot.bsky.social
Chestnut-Breasted Mannikin

found in Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia

📷: Jan Mohandas

#birds
April 12, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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The Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata), also known as the nutmeg mannikin or spice finch, is a small (11–12 cm, 12–16 g) sparrow-sized finch native to Asia. Adults have chestnut-brown upperparts, a dark brown head, a conical beak, and a distinctive white belly with dark, scale-like markings. Wikipedia Scaly-breasted Munia from a distance.
April 1, 2026 at 7:39 AM
jay-penfold.bsky.social
Chestnut Breasted Mannikin flitting about the sugar cane. #birds
March 19, 2026 at 7:44 PM
debdebz.bsky.social
Today’s theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #MixedPairs
And the alternate theme is #Finches

Chestnut-breasted Mannikin

#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
March 5, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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-The chestnut-breasted mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax), also known as the chestnut-breasted munia or bully bird (in Australia).
- Photo Courtesy of finch_lovers
February 19, 2026 at 2:54 AM
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A Chestnut-breasted Mannikin photographed by Frank Burch in the Redlands, SEQ #BirdsSeenIn2026
February 9, 2026 at 6:28 AM
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-The chestnut-breasted mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax), also known as the chestnut-breasted munia or bully bird (in Australia).
- Photo Courtesy of finch_lovers
February 9, 2026 at 12:43 AM
infinite8horizon.com
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #BrownIsBeautiful

Miscellany 1
Whistling kite, part of our national crest, brown cuckoo dove, chestnut breasted mannikin

#photography #birds #nature #wildlife #gift #EastCoastKin
A whistling kite in a tree, succumbing to nominative determinism. An emu, strolling in a wildlife park. Brown cuckoo dove resting in the grass The very dapper chestnut breasted mannikin, perched in quarter profile on some burnt reeds, head turned in full profile.
January 27, 2026 at 10:25 PM
divinedropbear.bsky.social
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin near Lake Eden, Qld
Also known as Chestnut-breasted Munia
#birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #finch #WildOz
January 17, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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Chestnut-breasted Mannikin pausing momentarily here in New Caledonia [www.Bird-Photo-Tours.com].
December 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
heath.bsky.social
I woke early this morning, so took a drive out to Sandy Camp Wetlands to see what I could see. Not much, as it turned out. Here's one of a pair of Chestnut-breasted Mannikin flitting around in the reeds. #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
A small, brown white and black finch (a Chestnut-breasted Mannikin), resting on a stalk amongst some wetland vegetation.
November 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Chestnut Breasted Mannikin - Perth, Western Australia.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Chestnut-breasted Mannikin in a tree near the feeder. I love this photo. #bird #seanleahyphotos #photography #naturephotography #birdmanphotography # birdwatching #birdlife #picture #Birdmanphotography #new_camera #SeanLeahyphotos buy a photo check the link in the description. SeanLeahyPhotos.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Photographed this lovely chestnut-breasted mannikin in Austrailia back in Jan. Known as the "bully bird", but also known to assist other bird neighbors in nest-buildering. #🪶 #birds #nature #birding #blueskyday #birder #naturephotography #birdphotography #mannikins #austalia #mannikin
September 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Day 5 of #sENFtember2025 is Strip Game. Nessie the chestnut-breasted mannikin engages in an online poker match. I've done strip games before, so I wanted to present this one differently.
September 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Chestnut-breasted Mannikin 'Lonchura castaneothorax' from Darwin Australia another #BirdsSeenIn2025

#inaturalist 301407064 #BirdsSeenIn2025 #wildoz #birdsofoz
August 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Chestnut-breasted Mannikin.

The Chestnut-breasted Mannikin is a small brown-backed munia with a black face and greyish crown and nape. The species is found in Australia, New Caledonia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.

📷: @darrenstephens_photography
July 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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March 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Chestnut-breasted Mannikin near Lake Eden, Qld
(Lonchura castaneothorax) 🪶
#birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin near Lake Eden, Qld (Lonchura castaneothorax) #birds #birdwatching #birding Chestnut-breasted Mannikin near Lake Eden, Qld (Lonchura castaneothorax) #birds #birdwatching #birding
January 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM