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Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava amandava) - Adult male in breeding plumage <!--홍작(紅雀)-->
| Subject: | Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava amandava) - Adult male in breeding plumage
| | Poster: | Clement Francis (clement.francis@ti.com)
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Upload Date: 2005:11:04 22:31:44
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Photographer : ?? Clement Francis http://orientalbirdimages.org/photographers.php?action=birder&Birder_ID=396
Location : Hennur, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Date : February 2005
Bird Family : Estrildinae
Bird Group : PASSERIFORMES
Remarks : Portrait of a "Red Munia" male with a feather to greet the female when it arrives at the nest during incubation. The male never participates in any parental duties, but brings a feather like a bouquet to give to the female during incubation. - CF
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Red Munia, Amandava amandava also known as Red Avadavat or Strawberry Finch, 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, Burma, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam |
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