Pink-throated twinspot | |
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Male in Mkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Estrildidae |
Genus: |
Hypargos Reichenbach, 1862 |
Species: | H. margaritatus |
Binomial name | |
Hypargos margaritatus Strickland, 1844 |
The pink-throated twinspot (Hypargos margaritatus) is an estrildid finch. It inhabits dry savanna and moist, subtropical/tropical (lowland) shrubland habitats near the southeast African coast in Mozambique, South Africa and Swaziland. It has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 160,000 km².