Brown twinspot
| Brown twinspot | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Clytospiza Shelley, 1896 |
| Species: | C. monteiri |
| Binomial name | |
| Clytospiza monteiri (Hartlaub, 1860) | |
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The brown twinspot (Clytospiza monteiri) is a common species of estrildid finch native to Central Africa. It is the only member of the genus Clytospiza.
It is 12 cm long. Its underparts are sungold with white spots. The females have a white throat rather than red[2][3].
It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,200,000 km2. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern.
The brown twinspot is sister to the firefinches in the genus Lagonosticta.[4]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Clytospiza monteiri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T22719407A94626231. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22719407A94626231.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ "Brown twinspot". eBird.
- ↑ "Brown twinspot". iNaturalist.
- ↑ Olsson, Urban; Alström, Per (2020). "A comprehensive phylogeny and taxonomic evaluation of the waxbills (Aves: Estrildidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 146 106757. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106757.
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