Red-winged Pytilia © nejohnston.org

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

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

• phoenicoptera Swainson, 1837   -  Gambia, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, southern Mali and northern Ivory Coast east to south-eastern Burkina Faso, Benin and northern Nigeria.
• emini Hartert, 1899   -  Cameroon, southern Chad, Central African Republic, southern Sudan, north-eastern DRCongo and northern Uganda.

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