Green-winged Pytilia / Pytilia melba LC
- Synonyms Green winged Pytilia, Grey-naped Pytilia, Melba Waxbill, Gray-naped Pytilia, Melba Finch, Melba
- Old latin name for bird Fringilla melba
Green-winged Pytiliabird sounds *
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Where to see Green-winged Pytilia
- Breeding region Africa
- Breeding subregion w, c, e, s
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Senegal
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Green-winged Pytilia subspecies (8)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pytilia melba belli | e DR Congo and w Uganda to w Tanzania | - | No |
| Pytilia melba citerior | Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to s Sudan | - | No |
| Pytilia melba grotei | e Tanzania, n Mozambique and e Malawi | - | No |
| Pytilia melba hygrophila | n Zambia and n Malawi | - | No |
| Pytilia melba jessei | ne Sudan to nw Somalia | - | No |
| Pytilia melba melba | s Congo and Angola to sw Tanzania and s to c Namibia, n South Africa and s Mozambique | - | No |
| Pytilia melba percivali | c Kenya to n Tanzania | - | No |
| Pytilia melba soudanensis | se Sudan, s Ethiopia, c, s Somalia, ne Uganda and n, e Kenya | - | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Gewone Melba (Melbasysie), Gewone Melba |
| Catalan | bec de corall melba, Pitília d'ales verdes |
| Chinese | 绿翅斑腹雀 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 綠翅斑腹雀 |
| Croatian | prugastotrba estrilda |
| Czech | astrild pestrý |
| Danish | Broget Astrild |
| Dutch | Melba-astrild |
| Esperanto | Verdflugila pitilio, Melba pitilio |
| Estonian | rohetiib-amadiin |
| Finnish | palettipeippo |
| French | Beaumarquet melba, Beaumarquet |
| Galician | Maracachón de ás verdes |
| German | Buntastrild, Bunt-Astrild |
| Hungarian | tarka asztrild |
| Icelandic | Klasafinka |
| Irish | Pitile uaine-eiteach |
| Italian | Pitilia aliverdi, Melba |
| Japanese | ニシキスズメ |
| Lithuanian | žaliasparnė pitilija |
| Norwegian | grønnvingeastrild, Broket astrild |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Grønvengastrild |
| Polish | melba pstra, Astryld pstry |
| Portuguese | aurora-d'asa-verde, Maracachão-d'asa-verde, Maracachão-de-asa-verde |
| Russian | Пёстрый астрильд, Пёстрая питилия |
| Serbian | Šarena astrilda |
| Slovak | pytília pestrá |
| Slovenian | Pisana astrilda |
| Spanish | Pinzón Melba, Estrilda melba |
| Swahili | Tunguridi Bawa-kijani |
| Swedish | melbaastrild |
| Tsonga | Xindzingiri bhanga |
| Turkish | Yeşil Kanatlı Pitilya, Melba ispinozu |
| Ukrainian | мельба строката |
| Welsh | Pytilia adeinwyrdd |