Red
by Juan Carlos Ballesteros
Title
Red
Artist
Juan Carlos Ballesteros
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
"The red avadavat, red munia or strawberry finch (Amandava amandava) is a sparrow-sized bird of the Estrildidae family. It is found in the open fields and grasslands of tropical Asia and is popular as a cage bird due to the colourful plumage of the males in their breeding season.
It breeds in the Indian Subcontinent in the monsoon season. The species name of amandava and the common name of avadavat are derived from the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India, from where these birds were exported into the pet trade in former times.
This small finch is easily identified by the rounded black tail and the bill that is seasonally red. The rump is red and the breeding male is red on most of the upper parts except for a black eye-stripe, lower belly and wings. There are white spots on the red body and wing feathers. The non-breeding male is duller but has the red-rump while the female is duller with less of the white spotting on the feathers.\" WP
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June 18th, 2015
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Comments (10)
Linda Howes
Awesome capture Juan! I have never seen this beautiful bird! l/f
Juan Carlos Ballesteros replied:
Thank you Linda! Red bengali has become a new species of Spanish birdlife in its own right, although it was thanks to the inadvisable way of introducing exotic birds.
Robyn King
Congratulations your beautiful work is being featured in 500 Views Share Group & Shared:-)
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
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