Amadina

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

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

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]

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.