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Amadina
Cut-throat finch (Amadina fasciata)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Estrildidae
Genus:	Amadina Swainson, 1827
Type species
Loxia fasciata (Cut-throat finch) Gmelin, JF, 1789
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 John Swainson with the cut-throat finch as the type species. 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.

Species

The genus contains two species:

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Cut-throat finch	Amadina fasciata	Sub-Saharan Africa
	Red-headed finch	Amadina erythrocephala	Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

References

1. Swainson, William John (1827). "On several groups and forms in ornithology, not hitherto defined". Zoological Journal. 3: 343–363 .
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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