Fauna Land : Birds #Strawberry Finch/red avadavat (Amandava amandava)

This type of bird called strawberry finch (red avadapat) because it has a color fur that resembles a strawberry fruit that is dominated by red color decorated by white spots. During the breeding season, this bird usually changes color especially in male birds. Where during the breeding season, the male will produce more red with more white spots, dark red head and black tail.

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**Strawberry finch included in the waxbills group. They live in high grasslands, lowland swamps and shrubs. These birds come from Asia, they can be found in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, India, China, Thailand and Myanmar. In Indonesia itself strawberry finch birds are often found in Java and small Sunda (Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Bali, Plores, Timor and Alor).**

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**In Java, strawberry finch is better known as emprit geni. Strawberry finch birds are much maintained because in addition to having an exotic color, the quality of the kicauannya was very populated, especially male birds that have a melodious voice resembling the sound of a flute with a loud volume. So this bird is often kept as a master bird or master birds.**

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**This strawberry finch diet consists of several kinds of grains, namely, canary seed, niger seed, white milet, and sprouts are often given to canaries. additional food or extra fooding is usually given in the form of fresh vegetables and lettuce, turnip etc. Boiled eggs, eggshells and cuttlefish are also given as an additional mineral and calcium for this strawbery finch bird.**