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Euschistospiza

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Euschistospiza
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Euschistospiza
Wolters, 1943
Type species
Lagonosticta cinereovinacea[1]
de Sousa, 1889

Euschistospiza is a genus of birds in the family Estrildidae, found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Species

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It contains two species:

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Dybowski's twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Uganda.
Dusky twinspot Euschistospiza cinereovinacea Angola and the Albertine Rift montane forests

References

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  1. ^ "Estrildidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.