Bronze Mannikin

Bronze Mannikin

Lonchura cucullata

Insufficient data
overall probability at Hwange National Park
3 Verified records at Hwange National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The bronze mannikin or bronze munia (Spermestes cucullata) is a small passerine (i.e. perching) bird of the Afrotropics. This very social estrildid finch is an uncommon to locally abundant bird in much of Africa south of the Sahara Desert, where it is resident, nomadic or irruptive in mesic savanna or forest margin habitats. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 23,600,000 km2 (9,100,000 sq mi). It is the smallest and most widespread of four munia species on the African mainland, the other being black-and-white, red-backed and magpie mannikin. It co-occurs with the Madagascar mannikin on the Comoro Islands, and was introduced to Puerto Rico. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Hwange National Park

Blue-breasted Cordonbleu
LC

Blue-breasted Cordonbleu

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Uraeginthus angolensis

20–30% · Possible
Violet-eared Waxbill

Violet-eared Waxbill

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Uraeginthus granatinus

10–20% · With luck
Jameson's Firefinch
LC

Jameson's Firefinch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lagonosticta rhodopareia

5–10% · With luck
Cut-throat
LC

Cut-throat

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Amadina fasciata

5–10% · With luck
Red-billed Firefinch
LC

Red-billed Firefinch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lagonosticta senegala

5–10% · Rare
Green-winged Pytilia
LC

Green-winged Pytilia

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pytilia melba

<5% · Rare
Black-faced Waxbill

Black-faced Waxbill

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Estrilda erythronotos

<5% · Rare
Black-faced Quailfinch
LC

Black-faced Quailfinch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ortygospiza atricollis

<5% · Rare
Orange-winged Pytilia
LC

Orange-winged Pytilia

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pytilia afra

<5% · Rare
Orangebreast
LC

Orangebreast

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Amandava subflava

Insufficient data
Fork-tailed Drongo
LC

Fork-tailed Drongo

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dicrurus adsimilis

60–70% · Likely
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
LC

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Plocepasser mahali

50–60% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Bronze Mannikin at Hwange National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
40–50%
2 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
40–50%
3 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
40–50%
4 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
30–40%
5 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
20–30%
6 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
20–30%
7 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
20–30%
8 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
20–30%
9 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
20–30%
10 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
11 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
12 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
13 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
14 Selous Game Reserve 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
15 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
10–20%
16 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
10–20%
17 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
10–20%
18 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
19 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
10–20%
20 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
5–10%
21 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
5–10%
22 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
5–10%
23 Kidepo Valley National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
5–10%
24 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
25 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
5–10%
26 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
27 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
5–10%
28 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
29 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
<5%
30 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
31 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
32 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
<5%
33 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
34 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
35 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
36 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
37 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
38 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
39 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
<5%
40 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
41 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
42 Niokolo-Koba National Park 🇸🇳 Senegal
Insufficient data
43 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
44 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
45 Samburu National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
46 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
47 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
Insufficient data
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