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The '''Red Munia''' or '''Red Avadavat''' 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'' 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.

A [[naturalised]] population exists in southern [[Spain]].

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