Conservation status:
Not Threatened
Phylogeny:
Taxonomy: Munia grandis Sharpe, 1882, Taburi, Astrolabe Mountains, south-eastern New Guinea. Four subspecies recognized. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Distribution:
Subspecies and Distribution:
- * heurni E. J. O. Hartert, 1932 - R Mamberamo basin, in NW New Guinea. * destructa ( E. J. O. Hartert, 1930) - NC New Guinea in region of Humboldt Bay. * ernesti ( Stresemann, 1921) - NE New Guinea from R Sepik E to Astrolabe Bay. * grandis ( Sharpe, 1882) - SE New Guinea.
Trophic strategy:
Their diet mainly consists of grass seeds and weeds, but they also have a fondness for insects.
Taxonomic name: