Green-backed Twinspot

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Green-backed Twinspot
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Mandingoa
Hartert, 1919
Species: M. nitidula
Binomial name
Mandingoa nitidula
(Hartlaub, 1865)

The Green-backed Twinspot (Mandingoa nitidula) is an estrildid finch found in sub-saharan Africa. This species is evaluated as Least Concern.

[edit] Subspecies

The Green-backed Twinspot has four sub-species:

  • Mandingoa nitidula chubbi
  • Mandingoa nitidula nitidula
  • Mandingoa nitidula schlegeli
  • Mandingoa nitidula virginiae

[edit] Habitat

Green-backed Twinspot inhabits lowland moist forests of the tropical region. It may also be found in grassland and shrubland habitats.

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