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title: "Red Avadavat"
description: "Amandava amandava — Uccelli. The red avadavat (Amandava amandava), red munia or strawberry finch, is a sparrow-sized bird of the family Estrildidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/red-avadavat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red Avadavat

> Amandava amandava — Uccelli. The red avadavat (Amandava amandava), red munia or strawberry finch, is a sparrow-sized bird of the family Estrildidae.

- Scientific name: *Amandava amandava*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi), `zoo` (Zoo e animali domestici)
- iNaturalist observations: 2456
- Wikidata: [Q73741](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73741)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13959](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13959)

## Names

- en: Red Avadavat
- de: Tigerfink
- es: Chamorro fresa
- fr: Bengali rouge
- pt: Bengali-vermelho
- pl: Bengalik czerwony

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1532), FJ (158), TH (135), US (113), ES (36), NP (26), BD (24), ID (24), PT (20), EG (12), PK (12), KH (11)

## Summary

The red avadavat (Amandava amandava), red munia or strawberry finch, is a sparrow-sized bird of the family Estrildidae. It is found in the open fields and grasslands of tropical Asia and is popular as a cage bird due to the colourful plumage of the males in their breeding season. 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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_avadavat

## Photo

![Red Avadavat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-avadavat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Damien Wallace · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337499035

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-avadavat?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).