Indian Silverbill Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Amandava amandava
Family : Estrildidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Villages
Description : The Indian Silverbill is a light brown bird with a long, pointed black tail (length 10 cm, weight 12 g, wing 5.5 cm, bill 1 cm, tarsus 1.4 cm, tail 4.7 cm approximately). It is plain pale earthy-brown above with a white rump, back wings and a pointed black tail. It has a whiteish face and underparts with some rufous-buff barring on its buffy flanks. Its bill is triangular and greyishblack or slaty-blue, the irises are brownish-black, and its legs, feet and claws are greyish-pink or pale brownish. It feeds on seeds and small insects. It breeds in July-December and nests in thorny bushes, about 2-3 m above the ground.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Ploceus philippinus
(Red Avadavat) -
Dendronanthus indicus
(Tree Pipit) -
Anthus campestris
(Long‑billed Pipit) -
Anthus similis
(Western Yellow Wagtail) -
Lonchura punctulata
(Tricoloured (Black‑headed) Munia) -
Anthus roseatus
(Richard's Pipit) -
Motacilla citreola
(Eastern Yellow Wagtail) -
Lonchura striata
(Scaly‑breasted Munia) -
Lonchura atricapilla
(House Sparrow) -
Ploceus benghalensis
(Streaked Weaver)
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:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Bram Piot(www.xeno-canto.org/Bram Piot), 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:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Bram Piot(www.xeno-canto.org/Bram Piot), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.