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Yellow-winged Pytilia

Pytilia hypogrammica Sharpe, 1870

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Pytilia hypogrammica Sharpe, 1870
Name authority
Sharpe, 1870
Common name
Yellow-winged Pytilia
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Estrildidae
Genus
Pytilia
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderPasseriformes
  10. familyEstrildidae Bonaparte, 1850
  11. genusPytilia Swainson, 1837
  12. speciesPytilia hypogrammica Sharpe, 1870

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Pytilia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Red-winged PytiliaPytilia phoenicoptera Swainson, 1837EstrildidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Orange-winged PytiliaPytilia afra (Gmelin, 1789)EstrildidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Red-billed PytiliaPytilia lineata Heuglin, 1863EstrildidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba (Linnaeus, 1758)EstrildidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

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Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=562663 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4QY73. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.