Orange-winged Pytilia (Pytilia afra)

Other Names (World)
Orange-winged Pytilia, Golden-backed Pytilia, Yellow-backed Pytilia, Yellow-winged Pytilia(!), Red-faced Finch

Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest and moist shrubland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Ethiopia, southern Sudan, northern Uganda, central and south-eastern Kenya, south-eastern PRCongo (lower Congo Valley), south-west, southern and south-eastern DRCongo, eastern Rwanda, southern Burundi, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia and Malawi south to extreme north-eastern Namibia (Caprivi), northern and eastern Botswana, northern South Africa (Limpopo) and south-central Mozambique.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

Orange-winged Pytilia (Pytilia afra) [XC298429]
by Thibaut Chansac from Dzalanyama Forest Reserve, southern access road, Central Region, Malawi (flight call)

Orange-winged Pytilia (Pytilia afra) [XC200765]
by id from Manyoni, Singida, Tanzania (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Has been thought to form a superspecies with Red-winged Pytilia (Pytilia phoenicoptera) and Red-billed Pytilia (Pytilia lineata), but such a relationship not supported by molecular analysis.

References
See References.

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