Red Avadavat

Amandava amandavaOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Estrilid Finches (Estrildidae)

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Red Avadavat

Red Avadavat: Small active finch, native to South Asia. Bright red overall with small white spots, wings are brown, and tail is black with red uppertail coverts. Lores are black, white crescent below each eye. Red bill, pink legs and feet. Undulating flight, alternates flapping and gliding.

● Song: "jeet"

● Foraging & Feeding: Red Avadavat: Forages on the ground for grass seeds in open marshy fields or fallow fields.

● Breeding & nesting: Red Avadavat: Four to seven white eggs are laid in a spherical nest constructed of grasses; coconut fibers and feathers may be used for lining. Both parents incubates eggs for 11-14 days, chicks fledge at 20 days.

● Similar species: Not likely to be confused with any other species in its range.

Flight Pattern

Alternates several rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides.

● Range & Habitat: Red Avadavat: Common in marshy areas and fallow fields on Oahu, Kauai, Hawaii, and Maui. A popular caged bird that escaped as early as the 1900's. Prefers marshy areas and fields.

^BreedingMonogamous

^PopulationCommon but local

^MigrationNonmigratory

^Weight0.31 Ounces

Field Guide to Birds of North America

Red Avadavat

Red Avadavat

Flight Pattern