a small South Asian waxbill that is widely kept as a cage bird. The male has red or green plumage and a red bill 梅花雀。 亦称 munia
Genus Amandava, family Estrildidae: the red avadavat (A. amandava) and the green avadavat (A. formosa) 梅花雀科,梅花雀属:红梅花雀(拉丁名A. amandava)绿梅花雀(拉丁名A. formosa)
语源
late 17th cent.: named after the city of Ahmadabadin India, where the birds were sold