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Hypargos (bird)
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Hypargos is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae that are found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Hypargos | |
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Pink-throated twinspot (Hyapargos margaritatus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Estrildidae |
Genus: | Hypargos Reichenbach, 1862 |
Type species | |
Spermophaga margargaritata pink-throated twinspot Strickland, 1844 | |
Species | |
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There are species with the common name of twinspot in other genera within the Estrildidae family.