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{{Taxobox | name = Red Munia

| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

*| status_ref=<ref>{{IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=53312|title=Amandava amandava|downloaded=12 May 2006}} Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern</ref>

| image = Amandava amandava (VijayCavale).jpg

| image_width = 240px

| image_caption = Male in breeding plumage

| regnum = [[Animal]]ia

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| synonyms = ''Estrilda amandava''

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[[ Image:Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava)- Female in Kolkata W IMG 3311.jpg|thumb|left| Female in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. ]]

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.

Two species of bird lice (an ischnoceran, Brueelia amandavae, and an amblyceran, Myrsidea amandava) are known to infect them.<ref>Gupta, N., Kumar, S., Saxena, A.K. 2007 Prevalence and population structure of lice (Phthiraptera) on the Indian Red Avadavat. Zoological Science 24 (4):381-383</ref>

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

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== References ==

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* {{IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=53312|title=Amandava amandava|downloaded=12 May 2006}} Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

== External links ==

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=8663&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]