Red-winged Pytilia

Pytilia phoenicoptera

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Estrildidae
Genus
Pytilia
eBird Code
rewpyt1

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.