Yellow-winged pytilia
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| Species: | P. hypogrammica
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| Pytilia hypogrammica Sharpe, 1870
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The yellow-winged pytilia (Pytilia hypogrammica), also known as the red-faced pytilia, is an African estrildid finch. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 250,000 km2.
It is commonly found in 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.
Origin
Origin and phylogeny has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al.[2] Estrildinae may have originated in India and dispersed thereafter (towards Africa and Pacific Ocean habitats).
References
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- ^ Arnaiz-Villena, A; Ruiz-del-Valle V; Gomez-Prieto P; Reguera R; Parga-Lozano C; Serrano-Vela I (2009). "Estrildinae Finches (Aves, Passeriformes) from Africa, South Asia and Australia: a Molecular Phylogeographic Study" (PDF). The Open Ornithology Journal. 2: 29–36. doi:10.2174/1874453200902010029.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Pytilia
- Birds of Africa
- Birds of Benin
- Birds of Burkina Faso
- Birds of Cameroon
- Birds of the Central African Republic
- Birds of Chad
- Birds of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Birds of Ivory Coast
- Birds of Ghana
- Birds of Guinea
- Birds of Nigeria
- Birds of Liberia
- Birds of Sierra Leone
- Birds of Togo
- Estrildidae stubs