Kauaʻi record · kba_bird_red_avadavat
Red Avadavat
Amandava amandava
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About Red Avadavat
Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava) is recorded as a naturalized resident or reintroduced population on Kauaʻi in the Bishop Museum's 2017 island checklist. This is a documented island occurrence, not a claim of an individual sighting in 2026.
Kauaʻi evidence
Bishop Museum island checklist (version 2, 2017) lists Kauaʻi status N: naturalized resident or reintroduced population. See original island table. A Hawaiʻi-level record is available, but the species needs a documented Kauaʻi observation before local ecological conclusions are drawn.
Occurrence evidence
bishop_island_checklist_2017
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Amandava amandava
- Common names
- Red Avadavat
- Family
- Estrildidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Kauaʻi documented: naturalized resident or reintroduced population (2017 island checklist)
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- Island occurrence supported by the 2017 checklist; abundance and current year presence are not established here
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Forest · Wetlands
- Food and resource needs
- Food and resources may include seeds, buds, fruit, nectar, and arthropods according to bill form and native/introduced status
- Reproduction
- Suitable nesting or roosting sites, seasonal food, and protection from disturbance and predators.
- Shelter
- Shelter and structure within forest, wetlands.
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Potential competition, disease/parasite interface, seed movement, and urban/agricultural edge effects remain relationship questions
- Conservation actions
- Track as lowland introduced-bird pressure · Connect observations to habitat, abundance, disease/parasite sampling, and native-bird overlap
- Monitoring
- Document date, place, observer, habitat, behavior, and supporting media for any Kauaʻi observation.
- Data gaps
- Update island status with dated contemporary records · Specific Kauaʻi habitat and abundance need local evidence
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Introduced Established Or Regular Lowland Presence
- Seasonal description
- Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava) is recorded as a naturalized resident or reintroduced population on Kauaʻi in the Bishop Museum's 2017 island checklist. This is a documented island occurrence, not a claim of an individual sighting in 2026.
Sources and further reading
- https://hawaiibirdingtrails.hawaii.gov/bird/red-avadavat/
- https://hawaiibirdingtrails.hawaii.gov/birding_hotspot/salt-pond-beach-park/
- https://hawaiibirdingtrails.hawaii.gov/birding_hotspot/kawai%CA%BBele-state-waterbird-sanctuary/
- https://westernfieldornithologists.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Hawaiian_Islands_Bird_Checklist-Jan-2019.pdf
- https://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/birds/rlp-monograph/SEHIlist.htm