EuschistospizaEuschistospiza is a genus of birds in the family Estrildidae, found in Sub-Saharan Africa.TaxonomyThe genus Euschistospiza was introduced in 1943 by the German ornithologist Hans Edmund Wolters with Lagonosticta cineriovinacea Sousa, the dusky twinspot, as the type species. 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".SpeciesThe genus contains two species: