Red-winged Pytilia (Pytilia phoenicoptera) - BirdLife species factsheet

Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Pytilia phoenicoptera and P. lineata (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as P. phoenicoptera following Dowsett & Forbes-Watson (1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	4,140,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.1 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as locally common, uncommon or scarce (Clement 1999).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Benin	extant	native	yes
Burkina Faso	extant	native	yes
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Central African Republic	extant	native	yes
Chad	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native	yes
Gambia	extant	native	yes
Ghana	extant	native	yes
Guinea	extant	native	yes
Guinea-Bissau	extant	native	yes
Mali	extant	native	yes
Niger	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes
Senegal	extant	native	yes
Sierra Leone	extant	native	yes
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	native
Togo	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou forest
Burkina Faso	Kaboré Tambi - Nazinga - Sissili complex
Burkina Faso	Arli - W - Singou complex
Benin	W du Bénin National Park
Benin	Pendjari National Park
Benin	Ouémé river basin
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Garamba National Park
Central African Republic	André Félix National Park complex
Central African Republic	Manovo - Gounda - St Floris National Park complex
Central African Republic	Bamingui-Bangoran National Park complex
Côte d'Ivoire	Comoe National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Sangbe Mountain National Park
Cameroon	Mayo-Louti Forest Reserve
Cameroon	Gashiga - Demsa
Cameroon	Ngaoundaba Ranch
Ghana	Mole National Park
Ghana	Tankwidi Forest Reserve
Gambia	Kiang West National Park
Gambia	Birufu - Darsilami area
Guinea	Mafou
Guinea	Grandes Chutes
Mali	Sirakoroni - Tyènfala
Niger	'W' National Park
Nigeria	Gashaka-Gumti National Park
Nigeria	Pandam Wildlife Park
Nigeria	Yankari Game Reserve
Nigeria	Kainji Lake National Park
Nigeria	Hadejia-Nguru wetlands
Nigeria	Kamuku National Park
Nigeria	Falgore and Lame Burra Game Reserves
Nigeria	Sunvit Farm
South Sudan	Sudd (Bahr-el-Jebel system)
South Sudan	Bandingilo
South Sudan	Kidepo
South Sudan	Nimule
Sierra Leone	Outamba-Kilimi National Park
Sierra Leone	Lake Sonfon and environs
Sierra Leone	Kangari Hills Non-hunting Forest Reserve
Senegal	Parc National du Niokolo-Koba
Togo	Kéran National Park
Ghana	Gbele Resource Reserve
Senegal	Delta du Saloum
Guinea-Bissau	Lagoas de Cufada

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Pytilia phoenicoptera. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/red-winged-pytilia-pytilia-phoenicoptera on 03/12/2023.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 03/12/2023.