Red-winged pytilia

{{short description|Species of bird}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International. |year=2024 |title=Pytilia phoenicoptera |volume=2024 |page=e.T103813118A263879876 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T103813118A263879876.en |access-date=23 February 2025}}

| genus = Pytilia

| species = phoenicoptera

| authority = Swainson, 1837

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The red-winged pytilia (Pytilia phoenicoptera) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of {{cvt|370000|km2}}.

It is found at Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo and Uganda. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern.

The red-billed pytilia (Pytilia lineata) was recently split from this species.