About the Red Avadavat
The red avadavat (Amandava amandava), red munia or strawberry finch, is a sparrow-sized bird of the family Estrildidae. It is found in the open fields and grasslands of tropical Asia and is popular as a cage bird due to the colourful plumage of the males in their breeding season. It breeds in the Indian subcontinent in the monsoon season. The species name of amandava and the common name of avadavat are derived from the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India, from where these birds were exported into the pet trade in former times.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Amandava amandava
- Family
- Waxbills and Allies
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the waxbills and allies family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Blue-capped Cordonbleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Cut-throat Amadina fasciata
- Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata
- Double-barred Finch Stizoptera bichenovii
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