Waxbills (Estrildidae)
Pink-throated Twinspot (Hypargos margaritatus) - HBW 15, p. 333
French: Sénégali de Verreaux
German: Perlastrild
Spanish: Estrilda Golirrosa
Other common names: Rosy/Verreaux's Twinspot
Taxonomy: Spermophaga margaritata Strickland, 1844, Madagascar; error = Coguno, Inhambane district, Mozambique.
Forms a superspecies with H. niveoguttatus. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Mozambique (S of R Save), NE South Africa (E Limpopo S to N KwaZulu-Natal) and E Swaziland.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male feeding on the ground Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 5 October 2002 9 years ago 25 sec 3.1 -
A male perched on a branch Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 5 October 2002 9 years ago 12 sec 2.7
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Male bird that came up off the ground when we played back its song.
Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Sam Woods 10 October 2009 3 years ago 3 -
Female bird.
Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Sam Woods 10 October 2009 3 years ago 3
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In Acacia forest together with Blue Waxbills. 9:40am Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
(Monotypic species)
Charles Hesse 6 July 2010 2 years ago 4
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