Amandava

Amandava
Male red avadavat (Amandava amandava)
orange-breasted waxbill (Amandava subflava)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Amandava
Blyth, 1836
Type species
Amandava punctata = Fringilla amandava[1]
Blyth, 1836
Species

A. amandava
A. formosa
A. subflava

Amandava is a genus of the estrildid finches. These birds are found in dense grass or scrub in Africa and South Asia. They are gregarious seed-eaters with short, red bills. In earlier literature, amadavat and amidavad have been used.[2] The name amandava, along with amadavat and amidavad are all corruptions of Ahmedabad, a city in Gujarat, India from where the first few specimens of the red munia Amandava amandava were obtained.[3]

  1. ^ "Estrildidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Newton, A. & H. Gadow. 1896. A dictionary of birds. Black.London. p.11
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Pittie was invoked but never defined (see the help page).