Pytilia melba (Linnaeus, 1758) is a animal in the Estrildidae family, order Passeriformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Pytilia melba (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pytilia melba, the green-winged pytilia, is a small colorful seed-eating estrildid bird widespread across most of Sub-Saharan Africa.
The green-winged pytilia, with the scientific name Pytilia melba (Linnaeus, 1758), is a small, colorful seed-eating bird that belongs to the finch family Estrildidae. This species has a widespread distribution across Sub-Saharan Africa, but it is encountered less often in the central region, the far south, and the western coastal areas of the continent.
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Lonchura bicolor (Fraser, 1843)
Stagonopleura oculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)
Lonchura fringilloides (Lafresnaye, 1835)
Uraeginthus cyanocephalus (Richmond, 1897)
Lonchura punctulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coccopygia quartinia (Bonaparte, 1850)
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