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[[File:Red avadavat (Amandava amandava), red munia or strawberry finch - sound.wav|thumb|Red avadavat (Amandava amandava), red munia or strawberry finch - sound]]
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.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Buceros|url=https://archive.org/details/BirdNamesIndia |title=A dictionary of scientific bird names originating from the Indian region |author=Pittie A|volume=9 |issue=2|year=2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|page=30|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924012794628#page/n83/mode/1up/search/Avadavat|title=Hobson-Jobson:A glossary of Anglo-Indian colloquial words and phrases|publisher=John Murray|author=Yule H |year=1886}}</ref>
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