Red Fody

Foudia madagascariensis

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Ploceidae
Genus
Foudia
eBird Code
redfod1

Distribution

Madagascar; introduced Reunion, Mauritius, Seychelles, Rodrigues, Amirantes, and Chagos Islands (Indian Ocean); also on St. Helena (Atlantic Ocean); and Bahrain (Arabian Peninsula); present also on Glorieuses and Comoro islands (Indian Ocean)

Vocalizations

Michael Bakker Paiva · CC_BY_4_0

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.