Английская Википедия:Amandava
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Amandava is a genus of the estrildid finches. These birds are found in dense grass or scrub in Africa and South Asia. They are gregarious seed-eaters with short, red bills. In earlier literature, amadavat and amidavad have been used.[1] The name amandava, along with amadavat and amidavad are all corruptions of Ahmedabad, a city in Gujarat, India from where the first few specimens of the red munia Amandava amandava were obtained.[2]
Taxonomy
The genus Amandava was introduced in 1836 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth for the red avadavat. The genus in mentioned in a footnote to a page of an edition of Gilbert White's The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne that Blythe edited.[3] The name is derived by tautomony with the binomial name Fringilla amandava introduced for the red avadavat by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The word amandava is a corruption of Ahmedabad, a city in the Indian state of Gujarat.[4] The genus Amandava is sister to the genus Amadiva containing two African finches.[5]
Species
The genus contains three species:[6]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Файл:Beauty in read.jpg | Red avadavat or red munia | Amandava amandava | Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan |
| Файл:Amandava formosa.jpg | Green avadavat or green munia | Amandava formosa | central India, around southern Rajasthan, specifically around Oriya village, central Uttar Pradesh, southern Bihar and West Bengal |
| Файл:Orange breasted waxbill, Amandava subflava, at Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa (25278913494).jpg | Orange-breasted waxbill or zebra waxbill | Amandava subflava | south of the Sahara in Africa |
The two avadavats, which are very closely related, are found in tropical South Asia, and the waxbill in Africa. Various members of this genus are sometimes placed in Sporaeginthus.
References
- Clement, Harris and Davis, Finches and Sparrows Шаблон:ISBN
External links
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- ↑ Newton, A. & H. Gadow. 1896. A dictionary of birds. Black.London. p.11
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