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Rufous-backed Mannikin

rufous-backed mannikin, red-backed mannikin, brown-backed munia, capucin a dos brun, capuchino de lomo castaño, Spermestes nigriceps, buirds of karura, birds of kenya, birds of africa, wildlife of kenya, Nicolas Urlacher
Names, conservation status and distribution
rufous-backed mannikin, red-backed mannikin, brown-backed munia, capucin a dos brun, capuchino de lomo castaño, Spermestes nigriceps, buirds of karura, birds of kenya, birds of africa, wildlife of kenya, Nicolas Urlacher
Karura Forest, Nairobi
rufous-backed mannikin, red-backed mannikin, brown-backed munia, capucin a dos brun, capuchino de lomo castaño, Spermestes nigriceps, buirds of karura, birds of kenya, birds of africa, wildlife of kenya, Nicolas Urlacher
Karura Forest, Nairobi

The red-backed mannikin (Lonchura nigriceps), also known as the brown-backed mannikin or brown-backed munia, is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa. This taxon has been considered a subspecies of L. bicolor, the black-and-white mannikin. In Kenya, Rufous-backed Mannikin occurs  in Central Kenyan highlands, on coast north to Lamu, inland to the Usambara and Pare mts and Taveta. Locally at Nguruman Hills.