red avadavat
red munia
strawberry finch
amandava amandava latin

The Red Avadavat were earlier included in the genus Estrilda by Jean Delacour.

He would often highlight a painting with a bird of red plumage, such as a Scarlet Ibis, Red Avadavat or Northern Cardinal.

The Red Avadavat, Red Munia or Strawberry Finch (Amandava amandava) is a sparrow-sized bird of the Estrildidae family.

The Red Avadavat, Red Munia or Strawberry Finch (Amandava amandava) is a sparrow-sized bird of the Estrildidae family.

The Red Munia Amandava amandava and Green Munia Amandava formosa also take the name munia, but are in the genus Amandava.

The name amandava, along with amadavat and amidavad are all corruptions of Ahmedabad, a city in Gujurat, India from where the first few specimens of the Red Munia Amandava amandava were obtained.

The Estrildinae are thought to have evolved somewhere in the Indian plate and moving into the African and Pacific regions and it has been estimated that the Red Munia diverged from the Green Munia about 9 mya.

The Red Avadavat, Red Munia or Strawberry Finch (Amandava amandava) is a sparrow-sized bird of the Estrildidae family.

The Red Munia Amandava amandava and Green Munia Amandava formosa also take the name munia, but are in the genus Amandava.

The name amandava, along with amadavat and amidavad are all corruptions of Ahmedabad, a city in Gujurat, India from where the first few specimens of the Red Munia Amandava amandava were obtained.