Orange-winged Pytilia
Pytilia afra(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Orange-winged Pytilia
The Orange-winged Pytilia (Pytilia afra) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Estrildidae (Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: central Ethiopia and southern South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, southern Republic of the Congo (lower Congo River Valley), southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, and Malawi southward to far northeastern Namibia, northern and eastern Botswana, northeastern South Africa (Limpopo), and south-central MozambiqueRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pytilia afra
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Orange-winged Pytilia
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Fringilla afra
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Angola.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.905
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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