Red-headed Finch (Amadina erythrocephala)

Other Names (World)
Red-headed Finch, Paradise Sparrow

Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe.

South-western Angola (southern from south-western Bengo), Namibia, Botswana, southern Zimbabwe, South Africa and lowland Lesotho.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A soft 'chuk-chuk'. A 'zree, zree' uttered in flight.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

Red-headed Finch (Amadina erythrocephala) [XC346584]
by Faansie Peacock from Etosha National Park, east side, Namibia (call)

Red-headed Finch (Amadina erythrocephala) [XC636146]
by Peter Boesman from Makana Local Municipality, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (call, flight call)

Subspecies
Genus has been considered closer to Lonchura than to estrildine genera, as it has a thick bill. However, both behaviour and the molecular phylogeny support a relationship with estrildine waxbills, rather than with lonchurine munias. This species is sometimes thought to form a superspecies with Cut-throat Finch (Amadina fasciata). Slightly darker birds from Bergville (western KwaZulu-Natal), in north-eastern South Africa, described as subspecies dissita, but appear inadequately differentiated from birds in rest of species' range to warrant recognition.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

erythrocephala (Linnaeus, 1758) - Western Angola, southern Zambia and western Zimbabwe to southern South Africa.
dissita Clancey, 1958 - South central South Africa (north to western Free State and southern North West).

References
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Files:

JPG files for Red-headed Finch (Amadina erythrocephala) - 10 files

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