Hypargos (bird)

Hypargos (bird)

Taxobox
name = "Hypargos"


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Estrildidae
genus = "Hypargos"
genus_authority = Reichenbach, 1862
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Hypargos" is a genus of estrildid finch from the family Estrildidae. The two species are found in sub-Saharan Africa and are among the twinspots:

* Peters' Twinspot, "Hypargos niveoguttatus"
* Pink-throated Twinspot, "Hypargos margaritatus"


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