Hypargos (bird)

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

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

See text.

Species

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

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Red-throated twinspotHypargos niveoguttatusAngola, Burundi, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia & Zimbabwe.
Pink-throated twinspotHypargos margaritatusMozambique, South Africa and Swaziland
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