This Bird Grows Strawberry-Like Plumage During The Breeding Season

Their natural range stretches from the Indus valley of Pakistan to the plains of the Brahmaputra extending south to the peninsula of India. The species has four named populations. Amandava amandava amandava - The nominate subspecies is found in Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Pakistan;Amandava amandava flavidiventris - The Burmese form is also found in China, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam);Amandava amandava punicea - The form in Java is - also found in Cambodia.