The eastern alpine mannikin (''Lonchura monticola'') or alpine munia is a species of

estrildid finch Estrildidae, or estrildid finches, is a family (taxonomy), family of small seed-eating passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They comprise species commonly known as munias, mannikins, firefinches, parrotfinches and waxbills. ...

native to the

Papuan Peninsula The Papuan Peninsula, also known as the Bird's Tail Peninsula, is a large peninsula in Papua New Guinea, southeast of the city of Lae, that makes up the southeastern portion of the island of New Guinea. The peninsula is the easternmost extent of ...

. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000 to 50,000 km². It is found in subtropical/ tropical high altitude grassland habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as

Least Concern A least-concern species is a species that has been evaluated and categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as not being a focus of wildlife conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wil ...

References

BirdLife Species Factsheet
eastern alpine mannikin Birds of the Papuan Peninsula eastern alpine mannikin Endemic birds of Papua New Guinea {{Estrildidae-stub