Red headed finch (Amadina erythrocephela) sitting on a dead camelthorn tree in Sossusvlei in the Namib Naukluft Park. Namibia.

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Red-headed finches (Amadina erythrocephela) inhabit a wide range of vegetation types which include semi-arid and arid shrublands, open desert grasslands and mopane savannah. When breeding, flocks of hundreds are common, otherwise they are in pairs or small groups. Distribution: Throughout most of Namibia, occurring in Kaokoland, Damaraland, the Kalahari Desert and the northern Namib Desert. Absent from most of the southern regions of the country. Diet: Eats small seeds and insects such as termites, foraged from the ground. Description: A small finch with an overall brownish plumage with blackish, scaled barring. Distinctive bright-red head with fawn, white-spotted breast and flanks. Breeding: Nests in old weavers, sparrows, swift, woodpeckers or swallows nests, as well as beneath the eaves of houses. Size: 13cm. Weight: 22g.

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Size: 4287px × 2848px
Location: Africa Namibia Namib Naukluft Park Sossusvlei
Photo credit: © Bert de Ruiter / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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