Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Chinese | 白頭文鳥 |
Chinese (SIM) | 白头文鸟 |
Dutch | Witkopnon |
English | White-headed Munia |
English (United States) | White-headed Munia |
French | Capucin à tête blanche |
French (France) | Capucin à tête blanche |
German | Weißkopfnonne |
Indonesian | Bondol haji |
Japanese | ヘキチョウ |
Norwegian | hvithodenonne |
Polish | mniszka białogłowa |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Capuchinho-de-cabeça-branca |
Russian | Белоголовая муния |
Serbian | Beloglava nona |
Slovak | mníška bielohlavá |
Spanish | Capuchino Cabeciblanco |
Spanish (Spain) | Capuchino cabeciblanco |
Swedish | vithuvad munia |
Thai | นกกระติ๊ดหัวขาว |
Turkish | Ak Başlı Munya |
Ukrainian | Мунія білоголова |
Lonchura maja (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Loxia maja
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.301.
TYPE LOCALITY:
East Indies; restricted to Malacca by Robinson and Kloss, 1924, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, 5, p. 362.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LONCHURA
- maja
- Maja
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White-headed Munia Lonchura maja Scientific name definitions
Robert B. Payne
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 12, 2018
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 12, 2018
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
Authors
Robert B. Payne
Recommended Citation
Payne, R. B. (2020). White-headed Munia (Lonchura maja), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whhmun1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- October 12, 2018
- White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
Authors
Robert B. Payne
Recommended Citation
Payne, R. B. (2018). White-headed Munia (Lonchura maja). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.