Amadina

Amadina
Cut-throat finch (Amadina fasciata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus:
Swainson, 1827
Type species
Loxia fasciata
(Cut-throat finch)
Species

Cut-throat finch
Red-headed finch

Amadina is a genus of estrildid finches that are found in Africa.

Taxonomy

The genus Amadina was introduced in 1827 by the English naturalist William Swainson with the cut-throat finch as the type species.[1] The name Amadina is a corrupted diminutive of the genus name Ammodramus, the genus of several American sparrows. Swainson thought the cut-throat finch formed a link between that genus and the genus Estrilda, and created the name to reflect that linkage.[2]

Species

The genus contains two species:[3]

Genus Amadina – Swainson, 1827 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Cut-throat finch


Male
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Female

Amadina fasciata
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Four subspecies
  • A. f. fasciata (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
  • A. f. alexanderi Neumann, 1908
  • A. f. meridionalis Neunzig, 1910
  • A. f. contigua Clancey, 1970
Sub-Saharan Africa Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Red-headed finch


Male
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Female

Amadina erythrocephala
(Linnaeus, 1758) 		Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 




References

  1. ^ Swainson, William (1827). "On several groups and forms in ornithology, not hitherto defined". Zoological Journal. 3: 343–363 [349].
  2. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
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