Bronze Mannikin
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0

Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies

Bronze Mannikin

Spermestes cucullata

LCLeast Concern
Family
Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies (Estrildidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

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).

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.