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The Green-winged pytilia (Pytilia melba) is a bird found in South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Dry bush across southern and eastern Africa. It eats seeds and nuts and insects and other small invertebrates. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Green-winged pytilia lives

Dry bush across southern and eastern Africa.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🌰 Seeds & nuts80%
• 🐛 Insects & bugs20%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Green-winged pytilia

Recorded by Dries Van de Loock (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC547975. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Green-winged pytilia

Where does the Green-winged pytilia live?

The Green-winged pytilia lives in South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Dry bush across southern and eastern Africa.

What does the Green-winged pytilia eat?

seeds and nuts (about 80%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Green-winged pytilia endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Africa

• Green wood hoopoe
• White-browed sparrow-weaver
• Sombre greenbul
• Bokmakierie
• Amethyst sunbird
• Green-backed camaroptera

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.