Overview
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Amandava is a genus of the . These birds are found in dense grass or scrub in Africa and South Asia. They are gregarious seed-eaters with short, red bills. In earlier literature, amadavat and amidavad have been used.1] The name amandava, along with amadavat and amidavad are all corruptions of Ahmadabad, a city in Gujurat, India from where the first few specimens of the Red Munia Amandava amandava were obtained.[2] The members are:
- Red Avadavat or Red Munia, Amandava amandava
- Green Avadavat or Green Munia, Amandava formosa
- Zebra Waxbill or Orange-breasted Waxbill, Amandava subflava
The two avadavats, which are very closely related, are found in tropical South Asia, and the waxbill in Africa. Various members of this genus are sometimes placed in Sporaeginthus.
Taxonomy
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The Genus Amandava is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 11 species and subspecies in the Genus Amandava: A. A. (Red Avadavat) · A. A. A. (Avadavats) · A. A. falvidiventris · A. A. flavidiventris · A. A. punicea · A. formosa (Green Avadavat) · A. subflava (Orange-Breasted Waxbill) · A. subflava clarkei · A. subflava niethammeri · A. subflava subflava (Orange-Breasted Waxbill) · A. sublava
References
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- Clement, Harris and Davis, Finches and Sparrows ISBN 0-7136-8017-2
Footnotes
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- ^ Newton, A. & H. Gadow. 1896. A dictionary of birds. Black.London. p.11
- ^ Pittie, A. 2004. A dictionary of scientific bird names originating from the Indian region. Buceros 9 (2): p6
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