<i>Lonchura malacca</i>
Length: 4.5"
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The Chestnut Mannikin is also known as the Black-headed Munia.
The ones found in Hawaii escaped from cages and are fairly widespread
in Kauai.
I wasn't very lucky on seeing them and only saw these ones
briefly before they took off.
They were fairly fair away and the photos are marginal.
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Chestnut Mannikins are seed eaters.  They will land on the tall seed-bearing 
stalks of a weed and walk out to the end to eat the seeds.
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