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Hypargos

Genus of birds

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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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