Meet the strawberry finch, a tiny bird with a loud, proud, and stunningly beautiful plumage reminiscent of the summer berry of the same name.
While “strawberry finch” is the sparrow-sized bird’s affectionate nickname, says Avian Web’s Beauty of Birds, the species is known among ornithologists as a red avadavat—Latin name Amandava amandava—or red munia. It is the deep-red beak, red crown, strawberry-colored plumage, and white spots characteristic of the male bird during mating season that has earned the species its moniker. The female’s brown-gray plumage is less conspicuous by comparison.
