male; bold black-and-white plumage pattern (Zoo; 2012-09-19)


Magpie Mannikin
Lonchura fringilloides

Native Range: Africa

Notes: a mannikin in which the male is boldly patterned in black and white; female is much duller and uniformly brownish.

dorsal view (Zoo; 2012-09-19)
side view; note the thick conical bill (Zoo; 2012-09-19)

ventral view (Zoo; 2012-09-19)