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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