different between estrildid vs avadavat

English

From translingual Estrildidae.

estrildid (plural estrildids)

(zoology) Any weaverbird of the family Estrildidae.
- 1968, Breviora, Issues 280-309, page 50,
  Estrildids and ploceids are clearly different in courtship posture, clutch size, egg coloration, pattern in mouth of the young, and mode of begging of the young.

Variant of earlier amadavat, from Ahmedabad, city in Gujarat, India, from which the bird was imported to Europe.

avadavat (plural avadavats)

Any of various estrildid finches of the genus Amandava, especially the red avadavat, Amandava amandava, of India and Southeast Asia, commonly kept and bred as a cagebird.

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