Waxbills (Estrildidae)
Cut-throat Finch (Amadina fasciata) - HBW 15, p. 301
French: Amadine cou-coupé
German: Bandamadine
Spanish: Estrilda Degollada
Other common names: Cut-throat, Cut-throat Weaver
Taxonomy: Loxia fasciata J. F. Gmelin, 1789, no locality = Senegal.
Genus has been considered closer to Lonchura than to estrildine genera, as it has a thick bill; both behaviour and the molecular phylogeny, however, support a relationship with estrildine waxbills, rather than with lonchurine munias. This species sometimes thought to form a superspecies with A. erythrocephala. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- fasciata ( J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - S Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, N Guinea, C & S Mali, N Burkina Faso, N Ghana, S Niger and N Nigeria E to Sudan and Uganda.
- alexanderi Neumann, 1908 - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania.
- meridionalis Neunzig, 1910 - S Angola, N Namibia, S & E Zambia, N & E Botswana, W Zimbabwe, Malawi and N Mozambique.
- contigua Clancey, 1970 - S Zimbabwe, S Mozambique and N South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male feeding on a cut field. Locality Ginir, Ethiopia (ssp alexanderi)
Josep del Hoyo 4 December 2005 7 years ago 10 sec 4.5 -
A pair, the male on the left, in a tree. Locality Harenna forest, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp alexanderi)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2005 6 years ago 23 sec 4.4 -
A male, preening. Locality Imi, Ethiopia (ssp alexanderi)
Josep del Hoyo 5 December 2005 7 years ago 40 sec 4.4 -
Two females and two males in a tree. Locality Imi, Ethiopia (ssp alexanderi)
Josep del Hoyo 5 December 2005 7 years ago 24 sec 4.2 -
A female standing on sandy ground Locality Nianing, Thiès Region, Senegal (ssp fasciata)
Juan Sanabria 9 January 2007 6 years ago 12 sec 3.9 -
1 male Locality Bansang, Central River Division, The Gambia (ssp fasciata)
Daniêl Jimenez 28 December 2011 1 year ago 1 min 3.9
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A male and female perched.
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp alexanderi)
Ken Havard 9 November 2011 51 weeks ago 4.3 -
Female
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp contigua)
Philip Perry 29 November 2009 49 weeks ago 4.1 -
Male
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp contigua)
Philip Perry 29 November 2009 49 weeks ago 4.1 -
In a group of many near the Awash waterfalls
Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia
Marco Valentini 4 January 2009 1 year ago 4 -
An adult bird singing
Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
raniero massoli-novelli 1 July 1999 2 years ago 4 -
close-up of perching male
Locality Dola Mena, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 16 July 2009 23 weeks ago 3.8
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