#1187 · 🐦 birds

Red Avadavat

🇳🇱 Tijgervink ·Amandava amandava

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Subhajit Roy · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © T P Anantheswaran · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © savisingh · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Ravi Vaidyanathan · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © VarmaX · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Ravi Vaidyanathan · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Hawaii County, HI, USA:© James Bailey · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Andhra Pradesh, India:© VarmaX · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
9. Virar, Maharashtra, India:© Anil Kumar Verma · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Waghbil, Thane West, Thane, Maharashtra, India:© Anil Kumar Verma · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The red avadavat , red munia or strawberry finch ( Amandava amandava ) 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...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,544iNaturalist observations
weight 9.9 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,544 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 10 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).