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ShrublandDomed nestTiny · 9 g
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This small finch is easily identified by the rounded black tail and the bill that is seasonally red. The rump is red and the breeding male is red on most of the upper parts except for a black eye-stripe, lower belly and wings. There are white spots on the red body and wing feathers. The non-breeding male is duller but has the red-rump while the female is duller with less of the white spotting on the feathers.
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When to see the Red Avadavat
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Red Avadavat
The map shades 34 countries with regular records, and 5 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in France, Japan, Greece, Belgium, Philippines.
About the Red Avadavat
The red avadavat, 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.
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Easily confused with
Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflavaThe orange-breasted waxbill, also known as the zebra waxbill, is a small sparrow-like bird with a reddish iris, orange breast, red bill and dark olive-green plumage.
Green AvadavatAmandava formosaThe green avadavat is approximately 10 cm long with green above, yellow below, black and white bars on the flank and reddish bill.
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