Scaly-breasted Munia

                                Scaly-breasted Munia

The scaly-breasted Munia has a special shape (like all other munias) because the bird's head is small and its body is swollen. English name - Scaly-breasted Munia. These are very common in Kerala.

Overall coppery brown. Head, chin, throat, and back dark brown. The chest and sides of the body are white. In most of these areas, brown scaly marks can be seen most of the time. There are no marks in the middle of the abdomen. The beak is thick and short. These birds, which feed on tough seeds, cannot survive without such a beak. After breeding, toads, chicks, and young are mostly brown.

Scaly-breasted Munia is usually seen in small groups. There will be groups of four to one hundred or two hundred. Chuttiyatta can be found in large numbers in fields, meadows near rivers and lakes. Chuttiyattas is native to India, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and Indonesia and is now found in Australia and the USA.

Millet is the main food of this bird. These birds can be seen in large numbers when small grains such as millet begin to mature. But there is also advocacy on the part of these. Chama and others are available only once in a year for eighty days. At other times, they feed on grass seeds.

During the monsoon season, you can see a lot of grasshoppers searching for grass. It will be of great benefit to the farmer that none of the grass that eats and destroys them will fall into the field. In addition, these birds feed on their young by germs such as caterpillars. Helps to reduce the number of insects that are the sworn enemies of the farmer.

Nests during the rainy season. Muniyas are all the same. Collect light grasses and mash them into a ball-like nest. The entrance is on one side. The grass used for nesting dries very quickly and turns light yellow, so it is not difficult to see their nests. Each time the hatchery lays seven eggs. Pearly eggs. After the chicks grow up, all the adult birds stay in the cage at night for a while.