The brown twinspot (''Clytospiza monteiri'') is a common species of
estrildid finch found in sub-Saharan
Africa. It is the only member of the genus ''Clytospiza''.
It is found in
Angola,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad
Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...
, the
Republic of Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...
, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Gabon,
Kenya,
Nigeria,
South Sudan and
Uganda. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,200,000 km
2. The
IUCN
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ...
has classified the species as being of
least concern.
The brown twinspot is
sister to the firefinches in the genus ''
Lagonosticta''.
References
External links
BirdLife International species factsheet
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Birds of Central Africa
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