Yellow-winged pytilia

{{short description|Species of bird}}

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| image = Rotmaskenastrild (Pytilia hypogrammica).JPG

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International. |year=2024 |title=Pytilia hypogrammica |volume=2024 |page=e.T22719349A263911826 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22719349A263911826.en |access-date=23 February 2025}}

| genus = Pytilia

| species = hypogrammica

| authority = Sharpe, 1870

}}

The yellow-winged pytilia (Pytilia hypogrammica), also known as the red-faced pytilia, is an African estrildid finch.

Distribution

The finch has an estimated global extent of occurrence of {{cvt|250000|km2}}. It is sparsely distributed across West Africa, from Guinea to far north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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