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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 beak begins to turn red in May and darkens during November and December. The beak then turns rapidly to black in April and the cycle continues.<ref>Thapliyal, JP & BBP Gupta (1984) Thyroid and annual gonad development, body weight, plumage pigmentation, and bill color cycles of Lal Munia, ''Estrilda amandava''. Gen. Comp. Endocrinology 55:20-28</ref>
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>▼
▲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.
The species is native to [[Bangladesh]], [[Cambodia]], [[China]], [[Egypt]], [[India]], [[Indonesia]], [[Burma]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[Thailand]] and [[Vietnam]]
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