Hill nun
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The mountain nun ( Lonchura montana ), also known as the high-level reed finch , is a species of the fine finch family that has so far been little explored . No subspecies are distinguished.
description
The height nun reaches a body length of 11.5 centimeters. It shows no pronounced sexual dimorphism , but is very variable in its color. The forehead and parting are black. The reins, the front sides of the head and the upper throat are also black. The ear covers are black-brown. The sides of the neck, the goiter area and the front chest are ocher colored. The back and wings are earth brown. The rump and the upper tail-covers are yellow, the tail is black, with the individual feathers occasionally lined with yellow. A narrow black band separates the ocher front breast from the white of the rest of the underside of the body. The sides of the body are cross-banded black-brown, with individual differences in the strength of the individual cross-bands. The under tail cover is black, the thighs are brown. The strong beak is whitish to blue-gray.
Fledglings are dark brown on the upper side of the body and brownish-white on the underside of the body with a brownish-gray chest and rust-colored under tail-coverts. Its beak is still black.
Distribution area and way of life
The distribution area of the nuns are the mountains in the interior of Western New Guinea . It occurs here at altitudes of 2000 to 4200 meters above the mountains. The main area of distribution is at 3000 meters above sea level. Similar to the black-breasted nun and the mountain nun , which also inhabit mountains in the interior of New Guinea, nothing is known about the way of life of the mountain nun. There is also no experience from posture. The cave nun is one of the few species of fine finch that has not yet been introduced into Europe alive.
supporting documents
literature
- Jürgen Nicolai (Ed.), Joachim Steinbacher (Ed.), Renate van den Elzen, Gerhard Hofmann: Prachtfinken - Australia, Oceania, Southeast Asia. Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3249-4 .
- Peter Clement , Alan Harris, John Davis: Finches and Sparrows - An Identification Guide. Christopher Helm, London 1993, ISBN 0-7136-8017-2 .
Web links
- BirdLife Factsheet on the Cuneiform Nun
- Lonchura montana inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
Single receipts
- ↑ Nicolai et al., P. 227.