Genus of birds
Hypargos is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae that are found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
There are species with the common name of twinspot in other genera within the Estrildidae family.
Taxonomy.
The genus "Hypargos" was introduced in 1862 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach to accommodate the pink-throated twinspot. The name combines the Ancient Greek "hypo" meaning "beneath" with "Argos" from Argus Panoptes, the many-eyed giant in Greek mythology. The genus "Hypargos" is sister to the genus "Euschistospiza" which contains two more species with "twinspot" in their common name.
Species.
The genus contains two species:
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Male
Female
References.
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