avadavat — /av euh deuh vat /, n. a waxbill, Estrilda amandava, native to Asia, having in the male scarlet plumage with white dots on the sides and breast: raised as a cage bird. Also, amadavat. [1770 80; earlier amaduvad, after Amidavad, a 17th century… … Universalium
Red Munia — Taxobox | name = Red Munia status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 240px image caption = Male in breeding plumage regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Estrildidae genus = Amandava species … Wikipedia
avadavat — Amadavat Am a*da*vat , n. [Indian name. From Ahmedabad, a city from which it was imported to Europe.] (Zo[ o]l.) The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird ({Estrelda amandava}), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
red waxbill — Amadavat Am a*da*vat , n. [Indian name. From Ahmedabad, a city from which it was imported to Europe.] (Zo[ o]l.) The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird ({Estrelda amandava}), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
avadavat — n. amadavat, red weaver birds found in Asia that is frequently raised as cage birds … English contemporary dictionary
avadavat — [ avədəvat] (also amadavat) noun a red or green South Asian waxbill sometimes kept as a cage bird. [Genus Amandava: two species.] Origin C17: named after the city of Ahmadabad in India … English new terms dictionary
Green Avadavat — Taxobox name = Green Avadavat status = VU | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Estrildidae genus = Amandava species = A. formosa binomial = Amandava formosa binomial authority … Wikipedia
Estrildid finch — Taxobox name = Estrildid Finches image width = 250px image caption = Zebra Finches regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes subordo = Passeri familia = Estrildidae familia authority = Bonaparte, 1850 subdivision… … Wikipedia
Amandava — Taxobox name = Amandava image width = 240px image caption = Male Red Avadavat regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Estrildidae genus = Amandava genus authority = | genus authority = Swainson, 1827… … Wikipedia
List of Asian birds — This list of Asian birds is a listing of all the bird species known from the continent of Asia.NotesThe taxonomy of this list adheres to James Clements Birds of the World: A Checklist , and reflects all changes to that work until July, 2005.… … Wikipedia