๐Ÿพ What Animal Lives Where

Where does the White-rumped Munia live?

Lonchura striata has 201,824 records in 31 countries and territories, from 1876 to 2026. Most records come from India.

White-rumped Munia
White-rumped Munia โ€” Dibyendu Ash / CC BY-SA 4.0 ยท source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesEstrildidaeLonchura

When it is recorded

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Peak month: December. 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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
India 85,514
Taiwan 54,811
Sri Lanka 16,741
Thailand 14,472
China 8,533
Hong Kong 6,693
Malaysia 4,317
Cambodia 2,163
Nepal 2,126
Vietnam 1,933
Laos 1,235
Bangladesh 928
Myanmar 686
Bhutan 521
Indonesia 506
Macao 311
Singapore 207
United States 32
Japan 24
Netherlands 11
Spain 8
Belgium 6
Canada 5
Puerto Rico 4
Portugal 4
United Kingdom 3
Colombia 1
France 1
Kuwait 1
Panama 1
ZZ 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months โ€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map โ€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.