Pytilia | |
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Green- and Orange-winged pytilias | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Estrildidae |
Genus: | Pytilia Swainson, 1837 |
Type species | |
Pytilia phoenicoptera red-winged pytilia Swainson, 1837
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Pytilia is a genus of small brightly coloured seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae. They are distributed across Africa.