Green-winged Pytilia
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The Green-winged Pytilia (Pytilia melba) is a common species of estrildid finch
found in Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 6000000 square kilometre.
It is found in most of Africa
south of the Sahara
. It has two subspecies, nominate melba and citerior, which are sometimes treated as separate species.
Estrildid finch
The estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They can be classified as the family Estrildidae , or as a sub-group within the family Passeridae, which also includes the true sparrows....
found in Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 6000000 square kilometre.
It is found in most of Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
south of the Sahara
Sahara
The Sahara is the world's second largest desert, after Antarctica. At over , it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as Europe or the United States. The Sahara stretches from the Red Sea, including parts of the Mediterranean coasts, to the outskirts of the Atlantic Ocean...
. It has two subspecies, nominate melba and citerior, which are sometimes treated as separate species.