Amandava formosa — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Estrildidae/Amandava

At a glance

Occurrence records66

Data sources6

Biological traits20

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Amandava formosa's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility66 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources20 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF66 records

01Narrative

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.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAVONETEltonTraits

Size & morphology11

Beak depth5.3 mm

Beak length (culmen)10.6 mm

Beak length (nares)7.9 mm

Beak width4.7 mm

Body mass9 g

⚠ sources differ — AVONET: 9 g · EltonTraits: 8.3 g

Hand-wing index9.4

Kipp's distance4.5 mm

Secondary length42.9 mm

Tail length38.9 mm

Tarsus length14.1 mm

Wing length47.7 mm

Diet & foraging5

Ground100 %

Invertebrate40 %

Seed60 %

Trophic levelomnivore

Trophic nicheGranivore

Habitat & environment4

HabitatGrassland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleTerrestrial

Range size686 385 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type66 records

Wild obs. + sensor62

Museum / vouchered4

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO144 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy59% within 1 km

≤100 m 29≤1 km 7>10 km 25

61 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor62

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 4

4 georeferenced

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence4

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 2 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
New Haven, US	2
Chicago, US	2

2 institutions · 4 of 4 vouchered records shown