Species profile

Nigrita sparsimguttata

Nigrita sparsimguttata

Quick answer

SYNTYPE: AMNH 727929, adult unsexed, collected at Bukoba, 01.20 S, 31.49 E (Polhill, 1988), Lake Victoria, Tanzania, November 1890, by Emin Pasha. From the the Rothshild Collection.

Scientific name
Nigrita sparsimguttata
Family
Estrildidae
Order
Passeriformes
Genus
Nigrita

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