Alternative name: Green Munia
- Amandava formosa
Sporaeginthus formosus
Identification
10 cm
Male
- Olive-green upperparts
- Yellow under parts
- Black and white (or dark green and white) barred flanks
- Black tail
- Red bill
Female
Similar to male but duller.
- Grey-green upperparts
- Greyish-white throat, greyish-buff breast
- Yellowish-white rest of underparts
- Weakly barred flanks
- Black upper mandible, red lower mandible
Juveniles are olive-grey above and have buffy white underparts. Their bill is black with some red at base.
Distribution
Found locally in peninsula India.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1], which is sometimes placed in genus Sporaeginthus
Habitat
Shrubby areas, lantana weed and agricultural fields, woodland and mango orchards. Observed at heights around 1219 mts.
Behaviour
Diet
A ground feeder, their diet consisting mostly of grass seeds and small insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Payne, R. B. (2020). Green Avadavat (Sporaeginthus formosus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.grnava1.01
- Birdforum Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green Avadavat. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green_Avadavat
External Links
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