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Amandava formosa (Green Avadavat)

Synonyms: Estrilda formosa formosa

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
View Wikipedia Record: Amandava formosa

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Amandava formosa

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
47
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.0761
EDGE Score: 3.79109

Attributes

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

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Desert National Park II 672840 Rajasthan, India  
Gajner Game Reserve   Rajasthan, India  
Kronotskiy Biosphere Reserve 361480 Russia  
Tal Chhaper Wildlife Sanctuary IV 20318 Rajasthan, India  

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka India, Sri Lanka No

Range Map

External References

Citations

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
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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