The nominate subspecies is called amandava and is found in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan the Burmese form is called flavidiventris (also found in parts of China, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam) the population further east in Java is called punicea and in Cambodia, decouxi. Red avadavats are found mainly on flat plains, in places with tall grasses or crops, often near water. 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. There are white spots on the red body and wing feathers. 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. This small finch is easily identified by the rounded black tail and the bill that is seasonally red. punicea ( Horsfield, 1821) – southeast Thailand, Cambodia, south Vietnam, Java and Bali flavidiventris ( Wallace, 1864) – Myanmar, south China, northwest, central Thailand and the Lesser Sundas amandava (Linnaeus, 1758) – Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh This placement was followed for a while but morphological, behavioural, biochemical and DNA studies now support their separation in the genus Amandava. The red avadavat were earlier included in the genus Estrilda by Jean Delacour. This species is now placed in the genus Amandava that was introduced in 1836 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth. Linnaeus specified the locality as East India but this was restricted to Kolkata (Calcutta) by E. Linnaeus based his description on "The Amaduvads Cock and Hen" that has been described and illustrated in 1738 by the English naturalist Eleazar Albin.
The red avadavat was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Frigilla amandava. 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. It breeds in the Indian Subcontinent in the monsoon season. 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. The red avadavat ( Amandava amandava), red munia or strawberry finch, is a sparrow-sized bird of the family Estrildidae. Sporaeginthus amandava (Linnaeus, 1758).During breeding season they should be given live worms and egg food. Paradise Pet Products Premium Finch Blend, greens and fruit. The female incubates for 12 days with a little help from the male as he will defend the nest. If the Strawberry Finch is in a mixed aviary it should be large as males can be territorial. The Strawberry Finch has a beautiful song and is one of the few finches with a “true” song.īreeding season is April-November. Juveniles are a dull grey brown and duller white below and a black beak (that eventually turns to pink). The hen is duller than the male and has less white spots. In the non-breeding season he is much duller. The rump is red on most of the upper parts, lower belly and wings with white spots on the red body and wings. The Strawberry Finch male has a beautiful plumage during breeding season (April-November). Red Munia, Red Avadavat, Red Strawberry Finch, Strawberry Waxbill, Tiger Finch Coochin Finch and Red Waxbill. The Strawberry finch( Amandava amandava) is part of the Estrildidae family and is also known as: It extends from India, Indo China, Malayan Islands and the Indonesian Islands. The origin of the Strawberry Finch is Asia.
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