Cut-throat

Amadina fasciata

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Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyEstrildidae (Waxbills and Allies)
GenusAmadina (Cut-throat and Red-headed Finches)
SpeciesAmadina fasciata (Cut-throat)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at South Luangwa National Park

5 Verified sightings at South Luangwa National Park From 2019 to 2026

1,661 Verified sightings across all 32 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Cut-throat

The cut-throat finch (Amadina fasciata) is a common species of estrildid finch found throughout Africa; it is also known as the bearded finch, the ribbon finch, the cut throat, and the weaver finch. The cut-throat finch was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with the crossbills in the genus Loxia and coined the binomial name Loxia fasciata. The specific epithet is from Late Latin faciatus meaning "banded". Gmelin based his account on the "fasciated grossbeak" that had been described and illustrated in 1776 by the English naturalist Peter Brown. Neither Brown nor Gmelin specified a locality but in 1805 the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot designated Senegal. The cut-throat finch is now placed with the red-headed finch in the genus Amadina that was introduced in 1827 by the English naturalist William Swainson.

Four subspecies are recognised: A. f. fasciata (Gmelin, JF, 1789) – south Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to Sudan and Uganda A. f. alexanderi Neumann, 1908 – Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia to Kenya and Tanzania A. f. meridionalis... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at South Luangwa National Park

Uraeginthus angolensis

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Lagonosticta senegala

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Pytilia melba

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Lagonosticta rhodopareia

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Hypargos niveoguttatus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Lonchura cucullata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Estrilda paludicola

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Lagonosticta rubricata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Paludipasser locustella

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Pytilia afra

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Lonchura bicolor

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Amandava subflava

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

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Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	~30%
2	Awash National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	~20%
3	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~20%
4	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
5	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
6	Meru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
7	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	~10%
8	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
9	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	~10%
10	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
11	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
12	Liwonde National Park	🇲🇼 Malawi	<5%
13	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
14	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
15	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	<5%
16	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
17	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
18	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
19	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	<5%
20	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
21	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
22	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	Insufficient data
23	Niokolo-Koba National Park	🇸🇳 Senegal	Insufficient data
24	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	Insufficient data
25	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	Insufficient data
26	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
27	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
28	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data
29	Arusha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
30	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	Insufficient data
31	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	Insufficient data
32	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	Insufficient data

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Cut-throat

About the Cut-throat

Recent sightings of Cut-throat in South Luangwa National Park

Closest Relatives at South Luangwa National Park

Blue-breasted Cordonbleu

Red-billed Firefinch

Green-winged Pytilia

Jameson's Firefinch

Peters's Twinspot

Bronze Mannikin

Fawn-breasted Waxbill

African Firefinch

Locustfinch

Orange-winged Pytilia

Black-and-white Mannikin

Orangebreast

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found