Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Estrildidae > Amandava > Amandava formosaAmandava formosa (Green Avadavat)Synonyms: Estrilda formosa formosa The green avadavat or green munia (Amandava formosa) is a species of Estrildid finch with green and yellow on the body, a bright red bill and black "zebra stripes" on the flanks. They are endemic to the Indian subcontinent and were formerly popular as cagebirds. The name "avadavat" is a corruption of the name the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India, which was a centre of bird trade. They have a restricted distribution and populations are threatened by the bird trade. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 10.0761 EDGE Score: 3.79109 |
Diet [1] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore | Diet - Invertibrates [1] | 40 % | Diet - Seeds [1] | 60 % | Forages - Ground [1] | 100 % | | Clutch Size [2] | 5 | Incubation [2] | 11 days |
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Name |
Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary |
India |
A1, A3 |
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Gomarda Wildlife Sanctuary |
India |
A1, A3 |
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Indravati National Park and Tiger Reserve |
India |
A1, A3 |
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Kumbalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary |
India |
A1 |
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Melghat Tiger Reserve |
India |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary |
India |
A1 |
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Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary |
India |
A1 |
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Navegaon National Park |
India |
A1, A3 |
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Palamau Tiger Reserve |
India |
A1, A3 |
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Pench Tiger Reserve |
India |
A1 |
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Sei Dam reservoir and surrounding environs |
India |
A1 |
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Simlipal National Park |
India |
A1, A3 |
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Tadoba National Park and Andhari Tiger Reserve |
India |
A1, A3 |
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Toranmal Reserve Forest |
India |
A1, A2 |
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Udanti and Sitanadi Wildlife Sanctuaries |
India |
A1, A3 |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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