Munias and Mannikins

by Robin Restall

Munias and mannikins are one genus in a colorful family of seed-eating songbirds that live in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World. The forty-one species of this group, ranging in size from the diminutive Madagascar Mannikin to the chunky Grand Mannikin of New Guinea, typically have short or tapered tails and stout bills. In their natural habitat these are birds of the savanna and grassland, but they have adapted to a number of different...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300071094
• ISBN13: 9780300071092
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 9.7"