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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Foudia madagascariensis
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- Foudia madagascariensis
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- Foudia madagascariensis
- taxon common name
- tecelão-vermelho
- egg incubation period
- 12
- short name
- F. madagascariensis
- taxon range
- Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
The red fody (Foudia madagascariensis), also known as the Madagascar fody in Madagascar, red cardinal fody in Mauritius, or common fody, is a small bird native to Madagascar and introduced to various other islands in the Indian Ocean. It is a common bird within its restricted range, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Red Fody” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.