Hypargos (bird)
Hypargos | |
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Pink-throated twinspot (Hyapargos margaritatus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Estrildidae |
Genus: | Hypargos L. Reichenbach, 1862 |
Species | |
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Hypargos is a genus of estrildid finch from the family Estrildidae. The two species are found in Sub-Saharan Africa and are among the twinspots:
- Red-throated twinspot, Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Pink-throated twinspot, Hypargos margaritatus
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