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Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
Identification
Length 13 cm; bill very heavy; tail rounded.
Adult male: Whole head bright red; rest of upperparts greyish brown, faintly barred on rump (whole upperparts barred in Cut-throat Finch); breast and flanks fawn, spotted with white, each spot outlined in black; lower belly white; under tail barred black, white and brown.
Adult female: Similar to male, but head brown above, barred black and white on throat.
Immature: Similar to adults, but duller; male has only trace of red on head. Chick: Palate pale with 5 black spots; throat and lower half of mouth black.
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Female and male. Around 14th, August 2011
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by Mel
Male and female, Grootkolk, October 2013
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by Tina
Male and female, Grootkolk, September 2012
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by ExFmem
Nov. 2013 Grootkolk Male and Female
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by nan
Male
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by Michele Nel
Auchterlonie - Oct 2013