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Where does the Scaly-breasted Munia live?

Lonchura punctulata has 914,239 records in 66 countries and territories, from 1844 to 2026. Most records come from India.

Scaly-breasted Munia
Scaly-breasted Munia — Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesEstrildidaeLonchura

When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: October. 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

18442026

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

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
India 263,261
United States 250,445
Taiwan 166,539
Thailand 61,989
Australia 29,701
Sri Lanka 19,800
Indonesia 16,725
Hong Kong 13,666
Cambodia 11,757
Malaysia 10,909
China 9,425
Philippines 8,387
Puerto Rico 8,366
Singapore 7,442
Nepal 5,658
Guadeloupe 4,368
Laos 3,338
Vietnam 3,217
Cuba 2,831
Dominican Republic 2,303
Myanmar 2,005
Bangladesh 1,975
Portugal 1,942
Japan 1,021
Bhutan 833
Jamaica 779
Timor-Leste 705
Haiti 688
United Arab Emirates 566
Réunion 515
Mauritius 508
Pakistan 505
Mexico 429
Oman 315
Macao 240
Antigua & Barbuda 196
St Kitts & Nevis 186
Cayman Islands 164
Dominica 150
Brunei 95

Showing the top 40 of 66 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.