BOTD: Red Avadavat
Photo: Hari K Patibanda
"Strikingly pretty small finch. Males are largely red and covered in white spots with dark wings and tail. Females are gray with a rufous rump. Both sexes have a red beak. Gives a very musical song a high 'teei' call. Found in grassy areas close to water and often near human habitation, particularly areas with wet rice paddies."
- eBird
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Red Avadavat aka Strawberry Finch aka Red Munia (Amandava amandava), family Estrildidae, order Passeriformes, Karnataka, India
photograph by Devadatha Kumar SR
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Patience is to wait for the ice to melt instead of breaking it.
Munia Khan
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Day 10 of #birdtober2023 from @aholmesartstudio is Strawberry Finch
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Spring is the fountain of love for thirsty winter.
春は渇きの冬のための愛の泉である。
Munia Khan
ムニア・カーン
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August 18, 2024 - Gray-banded Munia or Grey-banded Mannikin (Lonchura vana)
These estrildid finches are found in grasslands, marshes, and the edges of cultivated areas in a small range in northwestern Papua, Indonesia. Their diet is unknown but they have been observed foraging in flocks on low weeds in abandoned agricultural areas. Nothing is known about their breeding behavior. They were previously classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN but have been found to be more common than once thought.
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[2195/11080] Chestnut munia - Lonchura atricapilla
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Passeri
Superfamily: Passeroidea
Family: Estrildidae (estrildid finches)
Photo credit: Floyd Bermejo via Macaulay Library
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Trees exhale for us so that we can inhale them to stay alive. Can we ever forget that? Let us love trees with every breath we take until we perish
Munia Khan
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245. White-Headed Munia
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Red Avadavat
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BOTD: Scaly-breasted Munia
Photo: Raghunath Thirumalaisamy
"Native to southern Asia, this small waxbill is a popular cagebird. Escapees from captivity have established wild populations in several parts of the world. The species is now widespread and common in coastal California, from San Jose to San Diego, and other local populations are established around Houston, Texas, at a few spots farther east along the Gulf Coast, and in southern Florida. Usually seen in flocks."
- Audubon Field Guide
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Red Avadavat aka Red Munia aka Strawberry Finch (Amandava amandava), family Estrildidae, order Passeriformes, Keshav Nagar, Akola, Maharashtra, India
photograph by Sunil Thokal
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REPH Grand Munia & Marquis Moulin
At the Badminton Horse Trials Dressage TES90 AE - Placing Pending!
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Tricolored Munia (Lonchura malacca)
© Hari K Patibanda
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