A small, colorful finch native to India, popular as a caged songbird.
From the Indian city Ahmedabad (also called Avadavat in some transliterations). European traders adopted the bird's local name in the 16th-17th centuries, and it became known as the 'avadavat' in the pet trade.
The avadavat's bright red plumage inspired Victorian-era bird collectors so much that they became one of the most traded pet birds—making the tiny finch a symbol of how global trade has moved animals around the world!
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