Pink-throated twinspot
Pink-throated twinspot | |
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Male in Mkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Estrildidae |
Genus: | Hypargos Reichenbach, 1862 |
Species: | H. margaritatus |
Binomial name | |
Hypargos margaritatus Strickland, 1844 | |
The pink-throated twinspot (Hypargos margaritatus) is an estrildid finch. It inhabits dry savanna and moist, subtropical/tropical (lowland) shrubland habitats near the southeast African coast in Mozambique, South Africa and Swaziland. It has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 160,000 km².
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Hypargos margaritatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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External links
- Pink-throated twinspot - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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