Red Munia
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| Amandava amandava Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Estrilda amandava |
The Red Munia, Amandava amandava also known as Red Avadavat is a sparrow-sized bird of the Munia family. It is found in South Asia with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km². They are popular cage birds due to the colourful plumage of the males in their breeding season. Their normal habitat is open grassland and paddy fields. They breed in the monsoon season. The species name amandava and the common name of avadavat is derived from the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat from where these birds were exported into the pet trade.
The species is native to Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam
Introduced populations also exist in southern Spain, Brunei, Fiji, Malaysia, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Singapore and Hawaii.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Amandava amandava. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
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