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 LC    Madagascar Red Fody* Id (Atlas):
    Foudia madagascariensis Introduced

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Red Fody, Madagascar Red Fody, Madagascan Red Fody, Cardinal, Cardinal Fody

Family
Ploceidae (Weavers)

Size
12 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest and shrubland, dry forest and shrubland.

Range (Guide)
Madagascar.

Introduced to British Indian Ocean Territory, Comoros, Mauritius (B), Réunion, Seychelles, St Helena (B).

Madagascar. Introduced on Reunion, Mauritius, Seychelles, Rodrigues, Amirantes and Chagos Is, in Indian Ocean, also on St Helena, in Atlantic Ocean; recently found breeding in Arabian Peninsula (Oman and Bahrain). Present also on Is Glorieuses and Comoro Is, which it may have colonized without human assistance.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (82)...)

 
Red Fody (Foudia madagascariensis) [XC162340]
     by Albert Lastukhin & Alexandr Shirjaev from Parc Mosa, Ifaty, Toliara, Madagascar (call, song)

 
Red Fody (Foudia madagascariensis) [XC623660]
     by Ken Behrens from Bemanevika, Bealanana District, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Sometimes considered conspecific with Forest Fody (Foudia omissa). Has hybridized with Seychelles Fody (Foudia sechellarum) in Seychelles (Aride I). An old report of hybridization in captivity with Vitelline Masked Weaver (Ploceus vitellinus) and with domestic canary (Serinus).


References
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Files:
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