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Hypargos (bird)

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Hypargos
Pink-throated twinspot (Hyapargos margaritatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Hypargos
L. Reichenbach, 1862
Species

See text.

Hypargos is a genus of estrildid finch from the family Estrildidae.

Species

The two species are found in Sub-Saharan Africa and are among the twinspots:

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Red-throated twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus Angola, Burundi, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia & Zimbabwe.
Pink-throated twinspot Hypargos margaritatus Mozambique, South Africa and Swaziland
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