Cut-throat Finch

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Cut-throat Finch

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Amadina
Species: A. fasciata
Binomial name
Amadina fasciata
(Gmelin, 1789)

The Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa, also known as the Bearded Finch. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 3,300,000 km².

It is found at Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Portugal (introduced), Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia & Zimbabwe.


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