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Range: The northwestern portion of the eastern plateau (Loei) and 

 the peninsular provinces at the Isthmus of Kra (Ranong). 



Genus PADDA Reichenbach 



Padda oryzivora (Linnaeus) 



[Loxia] oryzivora Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, torn. 1, 

 1758, p. 173 ("Asia & Ethiopia"; type locahty restricted to 

 Java, by Hartert, Nov. Zool., vol. 9, 1902, p. 439). 

 Range: Introduced from Malaysia onto the central plains 

 (Bangkok). 



Genus LONCHURA Sykes 



Lonchura striata acuticauda (Hodgson) 



M[unia]. Acuticauda Hodgson, Asiatic Researches, vol. 19, pt. 1, 

 1836, p. 153 (Nepal). 

 Range: The northern and eastern plateaus, the central plains, and 

 the western and peninsular provinces south to Prachuap Khiri Khan. 



Lonchura striata subsquaniicollis (Stuart Baker) 



Uroloncha striata suhsquamicollis Stuart Baker, BuU. Brit. Orn. 



Club, vol. 45, No. 293, Jan. 31, 1925, p. 59 (Bankasun, Mergui 



District, Tenasserim Division, Burma). 



Uroloncha acuticauda lepidota Oberholser, Journ. Washington 



Acad. Sci., vol. 16, No. 19, Nov. 18, 1926, p. 520 (Ban Tha 



Chin [lat. 7°34' N., long. 99°34' E.], Trang Province, Thailand). 



Range: The southeastern provinces (Chanthaburi, Chon Buri) and 



the peninsular provinces from the Isthmus of Kra to the extreme 



South. 



Lonchura leucogastra leucogastra (Blyth) 



A[madina]. leucogastra Blyth, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 15, 

 No. 172, [not earher than December] 1846, p. 286, footnote 

 (Malacca). 

 Range: The peninsular provinces from the Isthmus of Kra to the 

 extreme South. 



Lonchura punctulata topela (Swinhoe) 



Munia topela Swinhoe, Ibis, vol. 5, No. 20, October 1863, p. 380 

 ("In China . . . from Canton to Shanghai, and in For- 

 mosa . . ."; type locality [inferentially] restricted to Amoy, 

 Fukien Province, by Bowdler Sharpe, Catalogue of the birds 

 in the British Museum, vol. 13, 1890, p. 352). 

 Range: The northern plateau (Chiang Rai, Phayao, Chiang Mai), 

 the southeastern provinces (Chon Buri), the central plains, and the 

 peninsular provinces south to Prachuap Khiri Khan. 



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