Red-winged Pytilia

When to see the Red-winged Pytilia

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Red-winged Pytilia

The map shades 13 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia.

About the Red-winged Pytilia

The red-winged pytilia is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 370,000 km2 (140,000 sq mi).

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Easily confused with

Yellow-winged PytiliaPytilia hypogrammicaThe yellow-winged pytilia, also known as the red-faced pytilia, is an African estrildid finch. Red-billed PytiliaPytilia lineataThe red-billed pytilia is a species of estrildid finch found in Ethiopia. Orange-winged PytiliaPytilia afraThe orange-winged pytilia is 11 cm (4.3 in) long and weighs 14–15 g (0.49–0.53 oz).