Brown Twinspot

When to see the Brown Twinspot

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Brown Twinspot

The map shades 7 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Gabon.

About the Brown Twinspot

The brown twinspot is a common species of estrildid finch found in sub-Saharan Africa. It is the only member of the genus Clytospiza.

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Easily confused with

Red-winged PytiliaPytilia phoenicopteraThe red-winged pytilia is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa. Abyssinian CrimsonwingCryptospiza salvadoriiThe Abyssinian crimsonwing is a small, shy greyish olive finch with bright crimson wings, mantle, back and rump. Black-faced FirefinchLagonosticta larvataThe black-faced firefinch is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa.