Cut-throat

SCI Name:  Amadina fasciata
Protonym:  Loxia fasciata Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.859
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Amadina
Taxonomy Code:  cutthr1
Type Locality:  no locality; Senegal designated by Vieillot, 1805, Ois. Chant., p. 90.
Author:  Gmelin, JF
Publish Year:  1789
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

AMADINA
(Estrildidae; Ϯ Cut-throat Finch A. fasciata) Corrupt dim. < genus Ammodramus Swainson, 1827, sparrow; the Cut-throat Finch was considered to form a link between Ammodramus and Estrilda Swainson, 1827, waxbill (see Estrilda); "AMADINA.  ...  Bill short, large, conic, entire.  Wings short, rounded; the first quill spurious and very small; the second and third nearly equal and longest.  Tail short, even, or slightly rounded.   Type. Loxia fasciata. Gmelin.  Brown, Ill. of Zool. Pl. 27." (Swainson 1827); "Amadina Swainson, Zool. Journ. iii, p. 349, 1827.  Type by original designation, Loxia fasciata Gmel." (W. Sclater, 1930, Syst. Av. Aethiop., II, p. 782). 
Synon. Sporothlastes.

fasciata
Late L. fasciatus  banded  < L. fascia  band, stripe.
● ex “Fasciated Grosbeak” of Brown 1776, and Latham 1783 (Amadina).
● ex “Hirondelle à bande blanche sur le ventre de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 724, fig. 2, “Hirondelle à ceinture blanche” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “White-bellied Swallow” of Latham 1783 (Atticora).
● ex “Fasciated Finch” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Melospiza melodia).
● ex “Ynambúi” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 327 (syn. Nothura maculosa).
● ex “Bracelet Parrakeet from East India” of Albin 1731 (subsp. Psittacula alexandri).

SUBSPECIES

Cut-throat (fasciata)
SCI Name: Amadina fasciata fasciata
fasciata
Late L. fasciatus  banded  < L. fascia  band, stripe.
● ex “Fasciated Grosbeak” of Brown 1776, and Latham 1783 (Amadina).
● ex “Hirondelle à bande blanche sur le ventre de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 724, fig. 2, “Hirondelle à ceinture blanche” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “White-bellied Swallow” of Latham 1783 (Atticora).
● ex “Fasciated Finch” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Melospiza melodia).
● ex “Ynambúi” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 327 (syn. Nothura maculosa).
● ex “Bracelet Parrakeet from East India” of Albin 1731 (subsp. Psittacula alexandri).

Cut-throat (alexanderi)
SCI Name: Amadina fasciata alexanderi
alexanderi
● Alexander William Milligan (1858-1921) Australian ornithologist, founder member of the RAOU (syn. Acanthiza chrysorrhoa normantoni, syn. Anas castanea, syn. Chenonetta jubata, syn. Pachyptila desolata, syn. Thalassarche chrysostoma).
● Capt. Boyd Francis Alexander (1873-1910) British explorer, collector, ornithologist (subsp. Amadina fasciata, subsp. Eremomela icteropygialis, Falco, subsp. Galerida cristata, syn. Indicator minor senegalensis, subsp. Nigrita luteifrons).
● William Backhouse Alexander (1885-1965) British ornithologist (syn. Diomedea dabbenena).
● Horace Gundry Alexander (1889-1989) British ornithologist, pioneer field observer (subsp. Horornis flavolivaceus).

Cut-throat (meridionalis)
SCI Name: Amadina fasciata meridionalis
meridionale / meridionalis
L. meridionalis  southern  < meridies  south.
● Cayenne; ex “Rufous-headed Falcon” of Latham 1787 (Heterospizias).
● South Island, New Zealand; ex “Southern brown Parrot” of Latham 1781 (Nestor).
● Erroneous TL. Bahamas (= Trinidad) (syn. Trogon violaceus).

Cut-throat (contigua)
SCI Name: Amadina fasciata contigua
contigua
L. contiguus contiguous, near < contingere to touch.