Okanoya's story begins with the white-rumped munia (Lonchura striata), a finch that lives in the wild throughout Asia. Male munias sing a highly stereotyped song: motif A is always followed by B ...

Which is strange because the finch’s closest wild relative, the white-rumped munia has a simple, predictable song as well being incredibly shy and easily upset.

The White-rumped Munia, harder to find, is seen in forests of Sylhet and Chittagong; I have also seen it in shorn paddyfields in those areas.

Seated on the seeders or perched on the water bowls, there’s the brown scaly-breasted munia sometimes, or the white-rumped munia otherwise. In Kochi, you don’t need to venture far for some ...

They include the Red Munia, White-Throated Munia, White-Rumped Munia, Black-Headed Munia, Spotted Munia, Black-Throated Munia and the Green Munia. Rajasthan has five variety, ...

The volunteers, led by Mohammed Saleem of Environment Conservation Group, intercepted the bird vendor when she was found in possession of black-headed munia, white-throated munia, scaly-breasted ...

Notable bird sightings included the black-winged pike, rufous woodpecker, white-rumped munia, blue-throated blue flycatcher, and black-rumped shama.

There is also scope of sighting rare birds such as grey-headed fish eagle, crested-tree swift, river-lap wing, white-rumped munia, block stork etc. Programme cost.

Notable bird sightings included the black-winged pike, rufous woodpecker, white-rumped munia, blue-throated blue flycatcher, ...