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Green avadavat

Amandava formosa

On the Rajasthan Board's rare and threatened animals listIUCN: Vulnerable
Green avadavat (Amandava formosa)

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Scientific name
Amandava formosa
Family
Estrildidae, order Passeriformes
Group
Bird
Conservation status
Vulnerable

A tiny green bird with a bright red bill.

  • Spot it Olive-green with barred flanks and a red bill.
  • Home Grassy scrub near water.
  • Food web Eats grass seeds and small insects.
  • Why it matters Spreads grass seeds and shows healthy grassland near water.

Read more: Green avadavat on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanThe Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board lists it among the rare, endangered and threatened animals of Rajasthan, for Kumbhalgarh and Mount Abu.[1]

Sources

  1. Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board. List of Rare, Endangered and Threatened Animals of Rajasthan (39 animals, with localities) (government). Official list, published as a PDF.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  5. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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