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Pink-throated Twinspot (Hypargos margaritatus)

Pink-throated Twinspot
Photo: Alan Manson via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Pink-throated Twinspot

The pink-throated twinspot (Hypargos margaritatus) is a small seed-eating bird in the family Estrildidae. It inhabits dry savanna and moist, subtropical/tropical (lowland) shrubland habitats near the southeast African coast in Mozambique, South Africa and Eswatini. It has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 160,000 km2. Media related to Hypargos margaritatus at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Hypargos margaritatus at Wikispecies Pink-throated twinspot - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.

Source: Pink-throated twinspot on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 7 recordings for this species: 6 CC BY-NC-ND · 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.

As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.

Listed as recorded in South Africa in the xeno-canto catalogue.