Pytilia

Pytilia
Green- and Orange-winged pytilias
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Estrildidae
Genus:	Pytilia Swainson, 1837

Pytilia is a genus of birds in the family Estrildidae,

Species

It contains five species:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Pytilia afra	Orange-winged pytilia	Angola, Botswana, Burundi, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
	Pytilia phoenicoptera	Red-winged pytilia	Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo and Uganda
	Pytilia lineata	Red-billed pytilia	Ethiopia
	Pytilia melba	Green-winged pytilia	Sub-Saharan Africa
	Pytilia hypogrammica	Yellow-winged pytilia	Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togo.