Dybowski's Twinspot

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Dybowski's Twinspot
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Euschistospiza
Species: E. dybowskii
Binomial name
Euschistospiza dybowskii
(Oustalet, 1892)

The Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 450,000 km².

It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan and Uganda. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

The name of this bird commemorates the French botanist Jean Dybowski.

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