Red-billed Pytilia (Pytilia lineata)

Other Names (World)
Red-billed Pytilia, Lineated Pytilia, Ethiopian Pytilia

Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
Heuglin, 1863

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

Range (Guide)

Northern and central Ethiopia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2012).

Status LC
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Red-winged Pytilia (Pytilia phoenicoptera) and Red-billed Pytilia (Pytilia lineata) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Pytilia phoenicoptera following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

Probably forms a superspecies with Yellow-winged Pytilia (Pytilia hypogrammica) and Red-winged Pytilia (Pytilia phoenicoptera), and has been considered conspecific with Red-winged Pytilia (Pytilia phoenicoptera). Previously thought to be close to Orange-winged Pytilia (Pytilia afra), but such a relationship not supported by results of molecular-genetic studies.

References
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