Euschistospiza

Euschistospiza
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Estrildidae
Genus:	Euschistospiza Wolters, 1943
Type species
Lagonosticta cinereovinacea de Sousa, 1889

Euschistospiza is a genus of birds in the family Estrildidae, found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Taxonomy

The genus Euschistospiza was introduced in 1943 by the German ornithologist Hans Edmund Wolters with Lagonosticta cineriovinacea Sousa, the dusky twinspot, as the type species. ^{[1] [2]} The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ευ/eu meaning "fine", the Late Latin schistus meaning "slate" and the Ancient Greek σπιζα/spiza meaning "finch". ^[3]

Species

The genus contains two species: ^[4]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Dybowski's twinspot	Euschistospiza dybowskii	Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Uganda.
	Dusky twinspot	Euschistospiza cinereovinacea	Angola and the Albertine Rift montane forests

References

1. Wolters, Hans E. (1943). "Wolters Vorläufiges zur Gattungssystematik der Passeres". Zoologischer Anzeiger (in German). 143: 179–191 [189].
2. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1968). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 14. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 324.
3. Jobling, James A. "Euschistospiza". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 10 August 2025.