Lonchura malacca (Linnaeus, 1766)

Parra-Hernández, Ronald M & Molina-Martínez, Yair G, 2025, Birds of the Tolima Department of Colombia’s central Andean Region, Biodiversity Data Journal 13, pp. e 68286-e 68286 : e68286-

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e68286
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17740218
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scientific name	Lonchura malacca (Linnaeus, 1766)
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Treatment

Lonchura malacca (Linnaeus, 1766) View in CoL

Distribution

Alvarado, Ambalema, Armero-Guayabal, Chaparral, Coello, Doima, Espinal, Guamo, Falan, Fresno, Ibagué, Ortega, Purificación, San Luis

Notes

(v; au; CZUTOR 0457 ; ph ML 63999191 ) INT. El Salado, Ibagué, Tolima coordinates 4°27'22"N; 75°8'4"W. Date 22 Feb 2007, at 950 m a. s. l. Collector: R. Parra y Moreno ( ICN 36229 ). This species was registered for the first time in Tolima in May 2004 and has expanded its distribution throughout the Department, especially in dry forest (below 1000 m a. s. l.), covering the lower area of the Department from Natagaima to the south to the Municipality of Guayabal to the north. It is usually observed as groups of up to hundreds of individuals flying over areas of rice crops and rarely areas of fruit trees, above 1400 m a. s. l. (Fig. 13 b View Figure 13 b ).