| Pytilia | |
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| Green- and Orange-winged pytilias | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Pytilia Swainson, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Pytilia phoenicoptera red-winged pytilia Swainson, 1837
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Pytilia is a genus of small brightly coloured seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae. They are distributed across Africa.