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Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Pytilia

Red-winged Pytilia

Pytilia phoenicoptera

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (rewpyt1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Pytilia

Subspecies (2)

Pytilia phoenicoptera emini

Cameroon to South Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northern Uganda
Pytilia phoenicoptera phoenicoptera

Senegambia to Burkina Faso, northern Nigeria, and Cameroon

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (rewpyt1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.