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White-spotted Mannikin
Mayrimunia leucosticta (D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879)
Estrildidae — Waxbills, Munias & Allies
White-spotted Mannikin, Mayrimunia leucosticta, is a passerine of the family Estrildidae found in southern New Guinea. It is restricted to that part of New Guinea and is treated as a distinct, monotypic species. It has at times been regarded as a subspecies of the streak-headed mannikin. Described by D'Albertis and Salvadori in 1879, it belongs to the order Passeriformes and the waxbills, munias and allies.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Estrildidae — Waxbills, Munias & Allies
- Breeding range
- Australasia: sc New Guinea
