Cut-throat (Amadina fasciata alexanderi) - 6 July 2013. Karatu, Arusha Region, Tanzania.

We stopped in town to look at birds where there was some water behind a gift shop. This is an adult male Cut-throat. Females lack the red throat marking. It often builds its own nest inside old weaver nests. Most sources call this bird the Cut-throat Finch.

Digiscoped with Panasonic DMC-LX5 | Nikon FieldScope III | 30XWA | hand-held (no adapter).
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