Brown Twinspot

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Brown Twinspot
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Clytospiza
Shelley, 1896
Species: C. monteiri
Binomial name
Clytospiza monteiri
(Hartlaub, 1860)

The Brown Twinspot Clytospiza monteiri is a common species of estrildid finch found in sub-saharan Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,200,000 kmĀ².

It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan and Uganda. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

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