The yellow-winged pytilia (Pytilia hypogrammica), also known as the red-faced pytilia, is an African estrildid finch.
Yellow-winged pytilia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Estrildidae |
Genus: | Pytilia |
Species: | P. hypogrammica
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Binomial name | |
Pytilia hypogrammica Sharpe, 1870
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Distribution
editThe finch has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 250,000 km2. It is sparsely distributed across West Africa, from Guinea to far north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo.
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pytilia hypogrammica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22719349A94623371. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22719349A94623371.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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