Euschistospiza
Genus of birds
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Euschistospiza is a genus of birds in the family Estrildidae, found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Euschistospiza Wolters, 1943 |
| Type species | |
| Lagonosticta cinereovinacea de Sousa, 1889 | |
Taxonomy
The genus Euschistospiza was introduced in 1943 by the German ornithologist Hans Edmund Wolters with Lagonosticta cineriovinacea Sousa, the dusky twinspot, as the type species.[1][2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ευ/eu meaning "fine", the Late Latin schistus meaning "slate" and the Ancient Greek σπιζα/spiza meaning "finch".[3]
Species
The genus contains two species:[4]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Dybowski's twinspot
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Euschistospiza dybowskii (Oustalet, 1892) |
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Uganda. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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| Dusky twinspot
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Euschistospiza cinereovinacea (Sousa, 1889) |
Angola and the Albertine Rift montane forests | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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