Javan Munia

Javan Munia

Lonchura leucogastroides

Silhouette: Ferran Sayol · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely
at Malang

In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%

21 Verified sightings at Malang
111 In all 2 parks From 2019 to 2026
April Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Javan Munia

The Javan munia (Lonchura leucogastroides) is a species of estrildid finch native to southern Sumatra, Java, Bali and Lombok islands in Indonesia. It was introduced in Singapore and the Malay Peninsula; It inhabits subtropical and tropical dry shrubland and grassland habitat. It has been assessed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

The Javan munia is known to feed on algae. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:12

Indonesia · 2006

© Karyadi Baskoro · XC377634 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:04

Indonesia · 2022

© Albert Vrielink · XC732595 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Begging1:12

Singapore · 2020

© Okamoto Keita Sin · XC610752 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
2 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Yogyakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~80%
2 Tasikmalaya 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~60%
3 Malang 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~60%
4 Jakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~30%
5 Denpasar 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~30%
6 Semarang 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~30%
7 Bandung 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
8 Surabaya 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
9 Singapore 🇸🇬 Singapore
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Javan Munia in Malang?

Likely

About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Javan Munia sighting in Malang on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the most-seen of the 13 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

What time of day is best to see a Javan Munia?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Javan Munia sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Malang the best place to see a Javan Munia?

3rd of 9

Of the 9 cities where we can rate Javan Munia sightings, Malang ranks 3rd at about 60%. The best odds are in Yogyakarta (Indonesia, about 80%) and Tasikmalaya (Indonesia, about 60%).

Where does the Javan Munia sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Javan Munia is recorded against all the birds logged in Malang (21 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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