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One species, the Fly River grassbird (Megalurus albolimbatus), and possibly two munias (Lonchura spp.) from the Trans Fly EBA are also found in this ecoregion.
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Spotted munias (_Uroloncha punctulata_) are abundant in the vicinity of both Coonoor and Ootacamund.
Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916
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This family includes the weaver-birds, famous for their wonderful hanging retort-shaped nests, and the munias, of which the amadavat or _lal_ is familiar to every resident of India as a cage bird.
Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916
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Large numbers of doves, vultures, eagles, red-headed merlins, martins and munias -- birds whose nests were described in January -- are still busy feeding their young.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916
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The "rains" breeding season of the amadavats or red munias is now over, and the bird-catcher issues forth to snare them.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916
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The quaint little thick-billed mites known as white-throated munias
A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916
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