the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Estrildidae (wax-bill) > genus Lonchura (silver-bill)
nutmeg bird1820
mannikin1875
nutmeg finch1881
silver-bill1883
1881 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1002Nutmeg-Finch (Munia undulata).
1966 N. W. CayleyWhat Bird is That? (ed. 4) 315 Spice Finch... Also called Nutmeg Finch... It frequents scrubby areas, grasslands, orchards and cultivation paddocks.