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Green-winged Pytilia (Pytilia melba)

Green-winged Pytilia

Pytilia melba

Least Concern

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XC1148937 · Kileo Jumah · Arusha, Tanzania, Tanzania · CC0 1.0

Overview

The green-winged pytilia is a small, colourful seed-eating bird belonging to the family Estrildidae. It is classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Habitat

This species is widespread throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, although it is more rarely seen in central, far southern, and coastal western parts of the continent. It inhabits a range extending from Mauritania and Senegal to South Africa and Mozambique.

Diet

The bird is described as a seed-eating species, though no specific details on foraging behaviour are provided in the source material.

Did you know?

Linnaeus originally listed the locality as China based on a specimen whose origin was uncertain to the English naturalist George Edwards, though it was later restricted to Luanda in Angola by Phillip Clancey in 1962.

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