Species profile

Parmoptila ansorgei

Parmoptila ansorgei

Quick answer

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 727858, adult male, collected at Golungo Alto, 09.08 S, 14.46 E (Dean, 2000: 377), Angola, on 9 January 1904, by W. J. Ansorge (no. 13). From the Rothschild Collection.

Scientific name
Parmoptila ansorgei
Family
Estrildidae
Order
Passeriformes
Genus
Parmoptila

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