Species profile
Orange-winged Pytilia
Pytilia afra
Quick answer
central Ethiopia and southern South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, southern Congo (lower Congo River Valley), southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, and Malawi south to extreme northeastern Namibia, northern and eastern Botswana, northeastern South Africa (Limpopo), and south central Mozambique
- Scientific name
- Pytilia afra
- Family
- Estrildidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Pytilia
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Orange-winged Pytilia in your journal
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- Abyssinian Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza salvadorii)
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- Aegintha temporalis (Aegintha temporalis)
- African Firefinch (Lagonosticta rubricata)
- African Quailfinch (Ortygospiza fuscocrissa)
- African Silverbill (Euodice cantans)
- Aidemosyne cantans (Aidemosyne cantans)