Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Red Avadavat
Amandava amandava
- tidak umum
- 48 km/h
- Risiko rendah
In breeding dress the male glows as if the sunset settled on a sparrow — ruby red with constellations of white spots. The Strawberry Finch of old cage-bird catalogues, but better wild.
- Populasi
- Global population size not quantified; species described as common to locally common across its native range, with an overall stable trend. Introduced populations are small (e.g. <10,000 breeding pairs in Taiwan; 100-10,000 pairs in Japan).
- Habitat
- Open grasslands, tall grass and reed beds, marshes/swamps, scrub, and cultivated/arable land (e.g. rice paddies and plantations), typically flat lowlands near water; recorded from sea level up to about 2,400 m elevation
- Fakta menarik
- Both the English name 'avadavat' and the scientific name 'amandava' trace back to Ahmedabad, India, a historic hub from which these birds were exported into the cage-bird trade; in breeding season, males molt into vivid red plumage dotted with white spots, earning the species its alternate name, the Strawberry Finch.
- Sebaran
- Native to the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh) and mainland Southeast Asia and parts of southern China (Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia), extending into Indonesia (Java) and the Philippines; extent of occurrence ~16.3 million km². Introduced, self-sustaining populations exist in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Egypt, Japan, Taiwan, Puerto Rico, Hawaii/USA, Fiji, Malaysia, Singapore, Bahrain, Iran, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, and elsewhere, largely via the cage-bird trade
- Makanan
- Primarily small grass and weed seeds; also feeds opportunistically on insects such as termites, especially when provisioning nestlings
- Ukuran
- 0,095 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,13 m
- Masa hidup
- 1,7 tahun
