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==Behaviour and ecology==
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This finch is usually seen in small flocks,<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/0003-3472(70)90025-4 |journal=Animal Behaviour|volume=18|issue=4|pages=762–767 |year=1970| title=Some factors affecting the flock behaviour of red avadavats (''Amandava amandava'') with particular reference to clumping|author=Evans, SM}}</ref> flying with rapid wingbeats and descending into grass clumps where they are hard to observe. Pairs stay together during the breeding season.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Sparks, J.H. |year=1964|title= Flock structure of the Red Avadavat with particular references to clumping and allopreening| journal= J. Anim. Behaviour |volume=12|pages=125–126|doi=10.1016/0003-3472(64)90113-7}}</ref> These birds produce a distinctive low single note ''pseep'' call that is often given in flight. The song is a series of low notes.<ref name=hbk>{{cite book|author1=Ali S |author2=SD Ripley |name-list-style=amp | year= 1999| title=Handbook of the birds of India and Pakistan|publisher= Oxford University Press|pages=106–108|volume=10|edition=2nd}}</ref> Birds of a flock will preen each other, ruffling their head feathers in invitation.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/j.1469-7998.1965.tb02024.x|title=On the role of allopreening invitation behaviour in reducing aggression among red avadavats, with comments on its evolution in the Spermestidae |year=1965|last1=Sparks|first1=John H.|journal=Journal of Zoology|volume=145|pages=387–403|issue=3}}</ref> They feed mainly on grass seeds but will also take insects such as termites when they are available.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Inglis, CM |year=1910|title= Note on the Spotted Munia (''Uroloncha punctulata'') and the Indian Red Munia (''Sporaeginthus amandava'')| journal= J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. |volume=20|issue=2|pages=517–518|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30166718}}</ref>
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