Red Avadavat Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Ploceus philippinus
Family : Ploceidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Haors
Description : The Red Avadavat is a little bird with a red bill and rump (length 10 cm, wing 4.8 cm, bill 1 cm, tarsus 1.2 cm, tail 3.7 cm approximately). The male looks different from the female. The breeding male looks entirely red with white dots all over the body, more on the breast and flanks, except for black lores, an olive-brown crown, nape and mantle, dark brown wings with white tips to the coverts and tertials, and a short blackish tail. It has a short triangular coral red bill, and pink legs and feet. The non-breeding male and female have dull brown upperparts with a red rump, a short dark eye stripe, white tips to the wing-coverts and tertials, and pale pinkish white underparts. It breeds in May-February, the peak period varying from place to place. It feeds mainly on grass seeds.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Motacilla tschutschensis
(White‑browed Wagtail) -
Motacilla citreola
(Eastern Yellow Wagtail) -
Motacilla cinerea
(Citrine Wagtail) -
Lonchura striata
(Scaly‑breasted Munia) -
Amandava amandava
(Indian Silverbill) -
Anthus richardi
(Paddyfield Pipit) -
Dendronanthus indicus
(Tree Pipit) -
Anthus similis
(Western Yellow Wagtail) -
Ploceus manyar
(Baya Weaver) -
Euodice malabarica
(White‑rumped Munia)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Syed Abbas (Birdwing,Bangladesh);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Mandar Bhagat(www.xeno-canto.org/Mandar Bhagat), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Syed Abbas (Birdwing,Bangladesh);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Mandar Bhagat(www.xeno-canto.org/Mandar Bhagat), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.