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Sales Professional with great love for nature, collecting various birds on my camera, fighting for conservation of nature. My wife,Gaythri Devi also sharing similar interests and also being a better photographer, you can find us on Sundays in some jungle!

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Red Avadavat


Amandava amandava 10cm
Sivappu Sillai in Tamil
(சிவப்பு சில்லை)

Widespread resident. Breeding male mainly red with white spotting. Non breeding male and female have red bill, red rump and uppertail coverts, and white tips to wing coverts and tertials. Juvenile lacks red in plumage, has buff wing bars, pink bill base, and pink legs and feet. Tall wet grassland and reedbeds.

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