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Brown Twinspot
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Brown Twinspot
Clytospiza monteiri
The brown twinspot (Clytospiza monteiri) is a common species of estrildid finch native to Central Africa. It is the only member of the genus Clytospiza.
It is 12 cm long. Its underparts are sungold with white spots. The females have a white throat rather than red.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 14089.