Yellow-winged pytilia

The yellow-winged pytilia (Pytilia hypogrammica), also known as the red-faced pytilia, is an African estrildid finch.

Yellow-winged pytilia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Estrildidae
Genus:	Pytilia
Species:	P. hypogrammica
Binomial name
Pytilia hypogrammica Sharpe, 1870

Distribution

The finch has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 250,000 km² (97,000 sq mi). It is sparsely distributed across West Africa, from Guinea to far north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo.