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  • noun Any of various African waxbills that have spotted underparts

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  • Other rare birds are Fraser's eagle owl Bubo poensis, white-bellied robin chat Cossypher roberti, Grauer's warbler Graueria vittata, short-tailed warbler Hemitasia neumanni, yellow-eyed black flycatcher Melaenornis ardesiaca, montane double-collared sunbird Nectarinia ludovicenis and dusky twinspot Clytospiza cinereoinacea.

    Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda 2009

  • I can hear the major talking to Claire, his conversation swinging between the difficulties of sourcing black sealing wax in Zambia, necessary for the preparation of his will I brought some from Bristol for him, and some egging memories, particularly the difficulties of finding red-throated twinspot eggs, since the female “sits like wax.”

    A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009

  • Endemic fish include the Malpelo barnacle-blenny Acanthenblemaria stephensi, Malpelo wrasse Halichoeres malpelo, pretty goby Chriolepis lepidotus, Rubinoff's triplefin Axoclinus rubinoffi and twinspot triplefin Lepidonectes bimaculata.

    Malpelo Island Flora and Fauna Sanctuary, Colombia 2008

  • The pink-throated twinspot (Hypargos margaitatus) and the lemon-breasted canary (Serinus citrinipectus) have restricted ranges and utilize miombo woodland, although their main ranges fall outside this ecoregion.

    Southern Miombo woodlands 2007

  • Only five birds can be considered near-endemics to the ecoregion: Lilian's lovebird (Agapornis lilianae), black-cheeked lovebird (Agapornis nigrigenis), pink-throated twinspot (Hypargos margaritatus), Chaplin's barbet (Lybius chaplini), boulder chat (Pinarornis plumosus), and lemon-breasted canary (Serinus citrinipectus).

    Zambezian and Mopane woodlands 2008

  • The hotspot is part of BirdLife International’s Southeast African Coast Endemic Bird Area, with four restricted-range species: Rudd’s apalis (Apalis ruddi), pink-throated twinspot (Hypargos margaritatus), Neergaard’s sunbird (Nectarinia neergaardi) and lemon-breasted seedeater (Serinus citrinipectus).

    Biological diversity in Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany 2008

  • Rudd’s apalis (Apalis ruddi) is also near endemic, together with the pink-throated twinspot (Hypargos margaritatus), and the lemon-breasted seedeater (Serinus citrinipectus).

    Maputaland coastal forest mosaic 2007

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