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Foudia madagascariensis

Photo by iainhawk
Locality: Mahe, the Seychelles. Photo shows two "typical" red males and a single yellow morph male.

[edit] Identification

14 to 15cm. Male breeding plumage -head vermillon, black lores, vermillion chin and throat, conical black bill, brown iris. Upper parts vermillon streaked with black, except for solid red rump and upper tail coverts. Under parts red, lighter at belly and under tail coverts. Males also occur in a yellow morph.

Female. Green brown forehead, front and top of head, and nape streaked with black. Solid green-brown cheeks, lores, chin and throat, green-yellow supercilium. Pale brown bill, brown iris. Immature and non breeding male - similar to female.

[edit] Distribution

Madagascar with several smaller islands.

[edit] Taxonomy

This species is either monotypic or with two subspecies: madagascariensis and bruante.

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