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 LC    Red Avadavat* Id (Atlas):
    Amandava amandava

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Red Avadavat, Avadavat, Red Munia, Strawberry Finch, Strawberry Waxbill

Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Size
10 - 11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest and shrubland, dry grassland, inland wetlands, arable areas, plantations.

Range (Guide)
Bangladesh, Cambodia, China (mainland), Egypt, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste (B) (NB), Vietnam.

Introduced to Brunei Darussalam, Fiji (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B) (NB), Japan (B), Kuwait (E), Malaysia, Philippines (E) (B), Portugal (B), Puerto Rico, Réunion (B), Singapore, USA.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A high-pitched twitter.

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

 
Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava) [XC207522]
     by Mandar Bhagat from Shrigao, Bicholim, North Goa, Goa, Myanmar (call)

 
Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava) [XC862072]
     by Bram Piot from Nong Khamsen wetland, Vientiane Prefecture, Laos (call)

Subspecies
Genus sometimes subsumed in Estrilda.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • amandava (Linnaeus, 1758)   -  Patchily in Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh.
  • flavidiventris (Wallace, 1864)   -  Myanmar, southern China (south-western Yunnan), north-western and central Thailand, and Lesser Sundas (Lombok, Flores, Sumba, Roti, Timor).
  • punicea (Horsfield, 1821)   -  South-eastern Thailand, Cambodia, southern Vietnam, Java and Bali.



References
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Files:
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