Whenever
we saw photo of Green Avadavat most of time its from Mount Abu. In summer of
2014 we went to Mount Abu to meet our friends Dr Nipa and Dr Divyesh. They are repeatedly
telling us about Green Munia. We did some tracking at early morning. We started
our search for munia in evening. While entering to the Trevor's
Tank the guard
informed us that we can see green munia at Oriya village. So we dropped the
plan of the tank and headed towards Oriya village. We saw flock of munia foraging
and calling in open field.
The
green avadavat or green munia (Amandavaformosa) is a species of Estrildid finch
with green and yellow on the body, a bright red bill and black "zebra
stripes" on the flanks. They are endemic to the Indian subcontinent and
were formerly popular as cagebirds. The name "avadavat" is a
corruption of the name the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India, which was a
centre of bird trade. They have a restricted distribution and populations are
threatened by the bird trade.
4th May 2014
Mount Abu, Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India
Nikon D7100
AF-S
Nikkor 300mm F/4D IF-ED + AF-S Teleconverter TC-14E
f/7.1, 1/1000, ISO- 800
