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 LC    Pink-throated Twinspot* Id (Atlas):
    Hypargos margaritatus

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Pink-throated Twinspot, Rosy Twinspot, Verreaux's Twinspot

Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Size
12 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Strickland, 1844)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist shrubland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)
Mozambique (B), South Africa (B), Swaziland (B).

Southern Mozambique (south of R Save), north-eastern South Africa (eastern Limpopo south to northern KwaZulu-Natal) and eastern Swaziland.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

 
Pink-throated Twinspot (Hypargos margaritatus) [XC280356]
     by Frank Lambert from Mkhuze Game Reserve, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa (call)

 
Pink-throated Twinspot (Hypargos margaritatus) [XC815006]
     by id from St Lucia Park (near Sibonokuhle), uMkhanyakude District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Peters's Twinspot (Hypargos niveoguttatus).


References
See References.


Files:
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