Brown twinspot
| Brown twinspot | |
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| 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) | |
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The brown twinspot (Clytospiza monteiri) is a common species of estrildid finch found in sub-Saharan Africa. It is the only member of the genus Clytospiza.
It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, South Sudan and Uganda. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,200,000 km2. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Clytospiza monteiri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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