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Red-throated Twinspot

Hypargos niveoguttatus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernSeedsShrublandDomed nestTiny · 15 g
Red-throated Twinspot (Hypargos niveoguttatus), photo 1
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0
Red-throated Twinspot (Hypargos niveoguttatus), photo 2
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0
Red-throated Twinspot (Hypargos niveoguttatus), photo 3
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0
Red-throated Twinspot (Hypargos niveoguttatus), photo 4
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0

When to see the Red-throated Twinspot

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Red-throated Twinspot

Regular range

The map shades 10 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Zimbabwe Zambia Tanzania Malawi Mozambique Kenya Congo - Kinshasa Rwanda Botswana Senegal

About the Red-throated Twinspot

The red-throated twinspot or Peters's twinspot is a common species of bird found in sub-saharan Africa. This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2,000,000 km2 (770,000 sq mi).

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Pink-throated Twinspot (Hypargos margaritatus) Pink-throated TwinspotHypargos margaritatusThe pink-throated twinspot is a small seed-eating bird in the family Estrildidae.

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