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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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	2,140,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.26 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as scarce and little known (Clement 1999). The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

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

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
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
Ghana	extant	native	yes
Guinea	extant	native	yes
Liberia	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes
Sierra Leone	extant	native	yes
Togo	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Benin	Pendjari National Park
Burkina Faso	Arli - W - Singou complex
Cameroon	Bénoué National Park
Cameroon	Mbam Djerem National Park
Cameroon	Ngaoundaba Ranch
Central African Republic	Bamingui-Bangoran National Park complex
Central African Republic	Bozoum
Chad	Manda National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Comoe National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Sangbe Mountain National Park
Ghana	Gbele Resource Reserve
Ghana	Kyabobo National Park
Ghana	Mole National Park
Guinea	Balandougou
Guinea	Grandes Chutes
Guinea	Mafou
Nigeria	Assop Falls and hills
Nigeria	Gashaka-Gumti National Park
Nigeria	Kagoro - Nindam Forest Reserves and vicinity
Nigeria	Kainji Lake National Park
Nigeria	Pandam Wildlife Park
Sierra Leone	Lake Sonfon and environs
Sierra Leone	Outamba-Kilimi National Park
Togo	Fazao-Malfakassa National Park

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Pastureland	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 700 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Yellow-winged Pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/yellow-winged-pytilia-pytilia-hypogrammica on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.