Lonchura atricapilla | chestnut munia
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- Chestnut Munia, photo by Alex Wang
Introduced
Other Names: black-headed munia
Chestnut munias are seed-eating finches with a preference for wet areas. Males are chestnut brown with black heads and hefty silver-blue beaks. Females are light brown without black coloring on their heads. Originally from southeast Asia and Indonesia these handsome escaped pets are now naturalized in Hawaiʻi.
The map below shows hotspots along our birding trails where you might see this bird.
Hotspots for chestnut munia
- Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge | Details for Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge
- Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge | Details for Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge
- Kuilau Trail | Details for Kuilau Trail
- Māhā’ulepū Heritage Trail | Details for Māhā’ulepū Heritage Trail
- Salt Pond Beach Park | Details for Salt Pond Beach Park
- Kawaiʻele State Waterbird Sanctuary | Details for Kawaiʻele State Waterbird Sanctuary
- Pihea Trail | Details for Pihea Trail
- Nuʻupia Pond | Details for Nuʻupia Pond
- ʻAiea Loop Trail | Details for ʻAiea Loop Trail
- Betty Bliss Memorial Overlook | Details for Betty Bliss Memorial Overlook
- Kapiʻolani Park | Details for Kapiʻolani Park
- Paikō Lagoon Wildlife Sanctuary | Details for Paikō Lagoon Wildlife Sanctuary
- Kawainui Marsh | Details for Kawainui Marsh
- Lāʻie Point State Wayside Park | Details for Lāʻie Point State Wayside Park
- James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge | Details for James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge
- Waimea Valley | Details for Waimea Valley
- Kaʻena Point Trail | Details for Kaʻena Point Trail
- Keālia Pond National Wildlife Refuge | Details for Keālia Pond National Wildlife Refuge
- Kanahā Pond State Wildlife Sanctuary | Details for Kanahā Pond State Wildlife Sanctuary
- SIDE TRIP: Wai‘ānapanpa State Park | Details for SIDE TRIP: Wai‘ānapanpa State Park
- Kahakapao Recreation Area | Details for Kahakapao Recreation Area
- Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area | Details for Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area
- Hosmer Grove (Haleakalā National Park) | Details for Hosmer Grove (Haleakalā National Park)
