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Subspecies and Distribution.
A.a.amandava Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh. A.a.flavidiventris Myanmar, S China NW & C Thailand, and Lesser Sundas. A.a.punicea Thailand, Cambodia, S Vietnam, Java and Bali. | ||||||||||
Descriptive notes.A little bird, 9.5 cm, 7 - 9.5 g. Male nominate race breeding is red from head to back Anduppertail-coverts, crown and back tinged brown, upperwing and tail brownish black, scapulars, tertials, wing-coverts, rump and uppertail-coverts, flanks and tips or tail feathers with rows of white spots. Lores and line through eye black, narrow white line below eye. Breast and flanks red. Bill red with black. Legs pinkish.Male non-breeding is like female, but with white spots on red upprtail-coverts. Female is greyish-brown above, rump and uppertail-coverts red with few indistinct white spots. HabitatGrassland, low marshy plains, damp grass, reeds. Rice fields, wetlands along rivers and canals. Mainly lowlands below 300 m to 2400 m in Lesser SundasFood and FeedingSmall grass seeds, occasionally insects.Feeds in flocks. outside breeding season often in larger flocks, sometimes with other waxbills and sparrows. Breeding.Generally late in rains and early dry season. Nest a hollow ball of coarse grass, lined with fine materials, with side entrance hole,built within 1 m of ground. Clutch 4-6 eggs. Inncubation 11-13 daysMovements.Resident in most of range. Introduced populations in Spain and Egypt resident also locally nomadic.Status and ConservationNot globally threatened.Israel.In Israel began to spread along the Syrian-African rift. |
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