Red-throated Twinspot (Hypargos niveoguttatus)

Other Names (World)
Red-throated Twinspot, Peters's Twinspot

Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Peters, 1868)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist shrubland, dry savanna, rural gardens.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

Red-throated Twinspot (Hypargos niveoguttatus) [XC366545]
by Frank Lambert from Dzalamyama - s of lodge nr dambo, Central Region, Malawi (call)

Red-throated Twinspot (Hypargos niveoguttatus) [XC699728]
by isaac kilusu from Kasisi Mission, Lusaka Province, Zambia (call, song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Pink-throated Twinspot (Hypargos margaritatus). Subspecies differ minimally.

Proposed subspecies idius (described from R Kihambwe, c. 29 km north of Kibondo, in north-western Tanzania) and interior (from Sanyati I, on L Kariba, in north-western Zimbabwe) are treated as synonyms of macrospilotus, as also is baddeleyi (described from Nacala, in north-eastern Mozambique).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

macrospilotus Mearns, 1913 - North-eastern Angola, south-eastern DRCongo, Rwanda, Burundi, south-eastern Kenya and southern Somalia south to northern Zimbabwe and northern and central Mozambique (to south of R Zambezi).
niveoguttatus (Peters, 1868) - Eastern Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique.

References
See References.

Files:

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