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[[Image:Amandava amandava (VijayCavale).jpg|thumb|Red Munia male]]

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The '''Red Munia''' is a bird, whose origine finds it home in [[South Asia]].

| name = Red Munia

| status =

[[| image = Image:Amandava amandava (VijayCavale).jpg|thumb|Red Munia male]]

| image_width = 240px

| image_caption = Red Munia, Male in breeding plumage

| regnum = [[Animal]]ia

| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]

| classis = [[bird|Aves]]

| ordo = [[Passeriformes]]

| familia = [[Estrildidae]]

| genus = ''[[Estrilda]]''

| species = '''''amandava'''''

| binomial = ''Estrilda amandava''

| binomial_authority =

| synonyms = ''Amandava amandava''

| range_map =

| range_map_width = 250px

| range_map_caption =

}}

The '''Red Munia''' is a sparrow-sized bird of the '''Munia''' or '''Silverbill''' family and is found in [[South Asia]]. 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'' is derived from the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat from where these birds were exported into the pet trade.

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