Red-headed Finch
Amadina erythrocephala(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Red-headed Finch
The Red-headed Finch (Amadina erythrocephala) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Estrildidae (Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: western Angola eastward to southern Zambia and southwestern Zimbabwe, and southward to southern South AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Amadina erythrocephala
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-headed Finch
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Loxia eryocephala
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Africa [= Angola, ex Edwards, 1751, Nat. Hist. Birds, 4, p. 180] .
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.172
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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