Pytilia
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Pytilia is a genus of small brightly coloured seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae. They are distributed across Africa.
Taxonomy
The genus Pytilia was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist William Swainson for the red-winged pytilia.[1][2] The name Pytilia is a diminutive of the genus Pitylus that had been introduced in 1829 by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier for the grosbeaks.[3] A molecular phylogenetic study has shown that the genus is basal to a clade containing the twinspots in the genera Euschistospiza, Hypargos and Clytospiza and the firefinches in Lagonosticta.[4]
Species
The genus contains five species:[5]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange-winged pytilia | Pytilia afra | 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 | |
| Red-winged pytilia | Pytilia phoenicoptera | 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 | |
| Red-billed pytilia | Pytilia lineata | Ethiopia | |
| File:Green-winged Pytilia, Pytilia melba at Pilanesberg National Park, Northwest Province, South Africa (17303689060).jpg | Green-winged pytilia | Pytilia melba | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| File:Rotmaskenastrild (Pytilia hypogrammica).JPG | Yellow-winged pytilia | Pytilia hypogrammica | 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 |
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References
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