White-spotted mannikin | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Estrildidae |
Genus: | Mayrimunia |
Species: | M. leucosticta
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Binomial name | |
Mayrimunia leucosticta (D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879)
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The white-spotted mannikin (Mayrimunia leucosticta) is a small passerine bird in the family Estrildidae. It is endemic to southern New Guinea.
This species has sometimes been considered as a subspecies of the streak-headed mannikin.[2] The species is monotypic.[3]