Description

northeastern South Africa (Limpopo south to KwaZulu-Natal), eastern Swaziland, and southern Mozambique (south of the Save River)

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Estrildidae

Genus: Hypargos

Species: Hypargos margaritatus (Strickland, 1844)