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Green-winged pytilia
Pytilia melba · Family Estrildidae
Pytilia melba
Family Estrildidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Estrildidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 131,847
- Countries and territories with records
- 42
About this species
This species has 131,847 occurrence records from 42 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (73.3%), Namibia (7%), Kenya (3.4%), Tanzania (3.2%) and Zimbabwe (3%); together they account for 90% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.24% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Pytilia melba combines the genus name Pytilia with the species epithet melba. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Pytilia; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Pytilia afra, Pytilia phoenicoptera and Pytilia hypogrammica.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 120 species of the family Estrildidae. This species ranks 11th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Lonchura punctulata. Its record count is 3 times the family average (44,065). The family Estrildidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.