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Locustfinch
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Locustfinch
Paludipasser locustella
The locust finch or locustfinch (Paludipasser locustella) is a species of estrildid finch found in south-east Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Angola, Tanzania, Malawi (central region), Mozambique (rare), Zimbabwe (rare) and Botswana. It is the only species in the genus Paludipasser. It is sometimes placed in the genus Ortygospiza.
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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 145345.