What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Bronze mannikin been recorded?

Lonchura cucullata occurrence evidence comes from 1,063 records in 30 countries and territories, from 1875 to 2026. Most records come from Uganda.

Bronze mannikin
Bronze mannikin — Photo (display-sized rendition): Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesEstrildidaeLonchura

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,063 records across 30 countries and territories, 1875–2026.

Lonchura cucullata · GBIF taxon key 2493624

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: November.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18752026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Bronze mannikin has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Bronze mannikin. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Uganda 349
Kenya 317
South Africa 108
Ethiopia 34
Tanzania 32
Guinea 27
Malawi 24
Rwanda 22
Angola 19
Senegal 19
Zimbabwe 18
DR Congo 13
Ghana 11
Puerto Rico 11
Côte d'Ivoire 10
Mozambique 9
United States 9
Gabon 6
Gambia 5
Benin 4
São Tomé & Príncipe 4
Congo 2
Sudan 2
Zambia 2
Burundi 1
Canada 1
Central African Republic 1
Nigeria 1
SZ 1
Chad 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.