Mass: 3.0 g
Diet: granivore based on Erard and Brosset 2003, Smith et al. 2015, and Gove et al. 2013
Abundance: 0.03 to 66.67% (median 2.67%)
Latitudinal range: -30.4° to 14.7°Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (3), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical savanna (6)
Found in 13 samples
Burkina Faso: Cascades Region (2011)
Cameroon: Nyong River
Ethiopia: Oromia Region (coffee captures)
Ghana: Samole (wet season), Samole (dry season)
Kenya: Nyeri County
Senegal: Dakar
South Africa: Umdoni Park
Tanzania: Mangala Forest Reserve (one week post-fire)
Uganda: Makerere University Biological Field Station (logged)
Zambia: Balmoral, Copper Chalice, Kabwe
| 9.2 mm | N = 1 | ||
| 8.8 mm | N = 1 |
See also Lonchura, Lonchura 'bicolor', Lonchura atricapilla, Lonchura fuscans, Lonchura leucogastra, Lonchura leucogastroides, Lonchura maja, Lonchura malabarica, Lonchura malacca, Lonchura punctulata, Lonchura striata