Waxbills (Estrildidae)
Green Avadavat (Amandava formosa) - HBW 15, p. 299
French: Bengali vert
German: Olivastrild
Spanish: Bengalí
Other common names: Green Munia, Green Tiger Finch
Taxonomy: Fringilla formosa Latham, 1790, India.
Genus sometimes subsumed in Estrilda. This species sometimes placed in a monotypic genus, Stictospiza; recent studies of mitochondrial DNA, however, indicate monophyly with A. amandava and A. subflava. Monotypic.
Distribution: C India from S Rajasthan, C Uttar Pradesh and S Bihar S to Maharashtra, N Andhra Pradesh and Orissa.
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A male feeding on the ground. Locality Mount Abu, Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 February 2011 4 weeks ago 26 sec 4.6 -
An adult male perched on a bush and flying away (then at 33% speed). Locality Mount Abu, Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 February 2011 4 weeks ago 29 sec 4.5 -
A male eating seeds on the ground. Locality Mount Abu, Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 February 2011 4 weeks ago 22 sec 4.5 -
Two males and a female feeding on the ground. Locality Mount Abu, Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 February 2011 4 weeks ago 23 sec 4.4 -
Two juveniles foraging on the ground. Locality Mount Abu, Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 February 2011 4 weeks ago 20 sec 4 -
A female feeding on the ground, then alert, calling and flying away.. Locality Mount Abu, Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 February 2011 4 weeks ago 23 sec 4
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An adult male perched on a bush.
Locality Mount Abu, Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 February 2011 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.8 -
With Josep del Hoyo, Jordi Sargatal and Euardo Sir.
Locality Mount Abu, Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India
Vaibhav Mishra 19 February 2011 38 weeks ago 3.3 -
Species endemic to India.
Locality Oriya, Mount Abu, Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India
jugal Tiwari 30 July 2004 1 year ago 3 -
Species endemic to India.
Locality Oriya, Mount Abu, Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India
jugal Tiwari 2 February 2009 1 year ago 3 -
Species endemic to India.
Locality Oriya, Mount Abu, Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India
jugal Tiwari 19 June 2004 1 year ago 2.5
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Calls of a group of birds. Locality Mount Abu, Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 February 2011 4 weeks ago 3
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