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The '''Red Munia''', ''Amandava amandava'' also known as '''Red Avadavat''' or '''Strawberry Finch''', is a sparrow-sized bird of the [[Munia]] family. It is found in [[South Asia]] with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km². They are popular cage birds due to the colourful plumage of the males in their breeding season. Their normal habitat is open grassland and paddy fields. They breed in the monsoon season. The species name ''amandava'' and the common name of ''avadavat'' is derived from the city of Ahmedabad in [[Gujarat]] from where these birds were exported into the pet trade.

The species is native to [[Bangladesh]], [[Cambodia]], [[China]], [[Egypt]], [[India]], [[Indonesia]], [[MyanmarBurma]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[Thailand]] and [[Vietnam]]

Introduced populations also exist in southern [[Spain]], [[Brunei]], [[Fiji]], [[Malaysia]], [[Portugal]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[Singapore]] and [[Hawaii]].

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* [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=53312 IUCN Red List]

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[[Category:Amandava]]

[[Category:Birds of Bangladesh]]

[[Category:Birds of Cambodia]]

[[Category:Birds of China]]

[[Category:Birds of Egypt]]

[[Category:Birds of India]]

[[Category:Birds of Indonesia]]

[[Category:Birds of MyanmarBurma]]

[[Category:Birds of Nepal]]

[[Category:Birds of Pakistan]]

[[Category:Birds of Thailand]]

[[Category:Birds of Vietnam]]

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