Green avadavat
| Green avadavat | |
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| A pair at Mt. Abu, India. The slightly duller female in foreground. | |
CITES Appendix II
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Amandava |
| Species: | A. formosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Amandava formosa (Latham, 1790)
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| Synonyms | |
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Stictospiza formosa | |
The green avadavat or green munia (Amandava formosa) is a species of Estrildid finch with green and yellow on the body, a bright red bill and black "zebra stripes" on the flanks. They are endemic to the Indian subcontinent and were formerly popular as cagebirds. The name "avadavat" is a corruption of the name the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India, which was a centre of bird trade. They have a restricted distribution and populations are threatened by the bird trade.