Endemic to Borneo...in the Old
World finch family Estrildidae.
Lonchura fuscans
(L 3.9")
Kota Kinabalu
27,27 Jul2018
© Patrik Å
berg
xeno-canto
Lonchura is Greek for spearhead
tail; fuscans is Latin for dark
resembling.
Charles Darwin once germinated
seeds in bird poop and found that
they represented a dozen
different species of plants.
(Jim Robbins)