PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

Lonchura flaviprymna  

Yellow-rumped Mannikin (Lonchura flaviprymna)
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© Kay Parkin 2013
Timber Creek, NT (Jul, 2013)

A flock of these birds came in to feed on the cane grass next to the river at sunrise.

They would not allow me to get too close but tolerated me from a safe distance.

Yellow-rumped Mannikin (Lonchura flaviprymna)

Yellow-rumped Mannikin

Yellow-rumped Mannikin (Lonchura flaviprymna)

Yellow-rumped Mannikin

Yellow-rumped Mannikin (Lonchura flaviprymna)

Yellow-rumped Mannikin

Yellow-rumped Mannikin (Lonchura flaviprymna)

Yellow-rumped Mannikin

Yellow-rumped Mannikin (Lonchura flaviprymna)

Yellow-rumped Mannikin

Yellow-rumped Mannikin (Lonchura flaviprymna)

Yellow-rumped Mannikin

Yellow-rumped Mannikin (Lonchura flaviprymna)

Yellow-rumped Mannikin

Yellow-rumped Mannikin (Lonchura flaviprymna)

Yellow-rumped Mannikin

Yellow-rumped Mannikin (Lonchura flaviprymna)

Yellow-rumped Mannikin

Yellow-rumped Mannikin (Lonchura flaviprymna)

Yellow-rumped Mannikin