The pink-throated twinspot (Hypargos margaritatus) is a small seed-eating bird in the family Estrildidae. It inhabits dry savanna and moist, subtropical/tropical (lowland) shrubland habitats near the southeast African coast in Mozambique, South Africa and Eswatini. It has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 160,000 km2.[2]
| Pink-throated twinspot | |
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| Male in Mkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Hypargos |
| Species: | H. margaritatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypargos margaritatus (Strickland, 1844)
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References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Hypargos margaritatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22719416A131993715. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22719416A131993715.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ BirdLife International. "Species factsheet: Pink-throated Twinspot (Hypargos margaritatus)". datazone.birdlife.org. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
External links edit
Media related to Hypargos margaritatus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Hypargos margaritatus at Wikispecies- Pink-throated twinspot - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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