Red Avadavat

How to identify

Field marks

1. Tail rounded and black
2. Bill turns red seasonally
3. Uppertail-coverts red
4. White spots on the red body

Male, female and young

The male is duller in the non-breeding season but retains red uppertail-coverts; the female is duller still, with fewer white patches.

Voice

A low, single-note “pseep”, often given in flight; the song is a series of low notes.

Where and when it's recorded

Red Avadavat has been recorded at 404 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 32 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Viva Wetlands, VirarIndia947 records
2. Hoskote / Hosakote KereIndia947 records
3. Manjeera Wildlife SanctuaryIndia941 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaSpainThailandNepalCambodiaGuadeloupeBangladeshLaos

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The red avadavat (Amandava amandava), red munia or strawberry finch, is a sparrow-sized bird of the family Estrildidae. 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 Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India, from where these birds were exported into the pet trade in former times.

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