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"taxonomic": "Lonchura monticola",
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"taxonomic": "Lonchura atricapilla",
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"taxonomic": "Lonchura quinticolor",
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"taxonomic": "Lonchura grandis",
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"taxonomic": "Amandava formosa",
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"taxonomic": "Lonchura fringilloides",
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"taxonomic": "Lonchura pallida",
"word": "pale-headed munia"
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"taxonomic": "Amandava amandava",
"word": "red munia"
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"taxonomic": "Lonchura punctulata",
"word": "scaly-breasted munia"
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"taxonomic": "Lonchura tristissima",
"word": "streak-headed munia"
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"taxonomic": "Lonchura malacca",
"word": "tricoloured munia"
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"taxonomic": "Lonchura leucogastra",
"word": "white-bellied munia"
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"taxonomic": "Lonchura ferruginosa",
"word": "white-capped munia"
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"taxonomic": "Lonchura maja",
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"taxonomic": "Lonchura striata",
"word": "white-rumped munia"
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"text": "Okanoya (2002) argues that the Bengalese finch has a much more 'complex' song than the munia. As mentioned earlier, his measure of complexity is the song linearity. He finds that the average song linearity of the munia is around 0.8 while the Bengalese finch song has a value of around 0.4.",
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