Red Avadavat vs Semenov onion

Amandava amandava compared with Allium semenowii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Red Avadavat	Semenov onion
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Estrildidae	Amaryllidaceae
Genus	Amandava	Allium
Species	Amandava amandava	Allium semenowii

Conservation Status

Red Avadavat

LC — Least Concern

Semenov onion

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Red Avadavat	Semenov onion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Red Avadavat

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (10 countries), Europe (9 countries), and North America (United States).

Semenov onion

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Red Avadavat

A brilliantly colored small finch of South and Southeast Asia, red avadavats — also called strawberry finches — display deep crimson plumage with white spots across the body in breeding males. They inhabit tall grasslands, reeds, and scrub near water from Pakistan and India east to Indonesia. Popular cage birds across Asia and now established as introduced populations in parts of Europe, Japan, and the Caribbean. They live in flocks and produce quiet, musical calls.