The Black-headed Munia is a small Asian finch with a dark head and chest and a chestnut back. It gathers in wet grasslands and rice fields to search for seeds.
Adults have black from the head to the center of the chest and a glossy chestnut back and shoulders. The sexes look very similar.
It gathers in family groups or larger flocks in wetlands, reed beds, and tall grass, searching among seed heads. It also uses farmland.
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