Pink-throated Twinspot

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The Pink-throated Twinspot is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

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. References - Search Wikimedia Commons Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Hypargos margaritatus * BirdLife Species Factsheet * http://www.phthiraptera.org/Birds/Passeriformes/Estrildidae. More

Results for: pink-throated twinspotTranslations 1 - 30 of 358 English English Finnish Finnish pink-throated twinspot ruusuhelmipeippo, Hypargos margaritatus pink-throated becard haavatyranni, Pachyramphus minor pink-throated brilliant punasäihkykolibri, Heliodoxa gularis dybowski’s twinspot harmaatäpläpeippo, Euschistospiza dybowskii brown twinspot pilkkuvatsapeippo, Clytospiza monteiri peters’s twinspot punahelmipeippo, Hypargos niveoguttatus dusky twinspot More

Pink-throated Twinspot, all of which are common here. The Fever Tree-lined Nsumo Pan attracts a wide variety of waterbirds, notably African Fish-Eagle, Great White and Pink-backed pelicans, Yellow-billed, Open-billed and Woolly-necked storks, and Goliath Heron, whilst the surrounding thorn thickets are home to the near-endemic White-throated Robin-Chat and Pink-throated Twinspot. Mkhuze Game Reserve (cont... More

Apalis, pink-throated twinspot, African green-pigeon, bearded scrub-robin and terrestrial brownbul to name only a few.As the winter draws closer the sunbired activity also starts to increase dramatically. The reserve hosts no fewer than 7 species of sunbird and apart from the more common species there are also plenty of collared-,marico-,purple-banded and olive sunbirds. Other memorable sightings for the past 2 weeks are: lappet-faced vulture; martial eagle; tawny eagle; striped pipit; small buttonquail; eastern nicator. More

page 1058 also a picture of the Pink-throated Twinspot on page 1056. The Pink-throated Twinspot belongs to the family of birds classified as Estrildidae. According to the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology the Pink-throated Twinspot is also known by these other names: Verreaux's Twinspot, Rosy Twinspot. In the previous edition of Roberts (ie 6th edition) the Pink-throated Twinspot was called the The map of the Kruger you see on this page shows the areas (coloured orange) where this bird has been identified. More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Estrildidae
Genus : Hypargos
Species : margaritatus
Authority : (Strickland, 1844)