Pink-throated Twinspot
Hypargos margaritatus(Strickland, HE, 1844)
English (US) Pink-throated Twinspot
The Pink-throated Twinspot (Hypargos margaritatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Estrildidae (Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: northeastern South Africa (Limpopo southward to KwaZulu-Natal), eastern Eswatini, and southern Mozambique (south of the Save River)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hypargos margaritatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pink-throated Twinspot
- Described by
- (Strickland, HE, 1844)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Spermophaga margaritata
- Described by
- (Strickland, HE, 1844)
- Type locality
- Madagascar [= Coguno, Inhambane district, Mozambique, see W. L. Sclater, 1911, Ibis, p. 230].
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.1, vol.13 p.418 pl.10
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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