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Green-winged Pytilia
Gewone Melba · Pytilia melba
A strikingly colourful little finch, also called the Melba Finch, with green wings, a finely barred grey-and-white belly, an orange wash and a red rump. The male adds a bright red face and throat. Rather shy, it feeds on seeds and termites on the ground in thornveld, dashing into thick cover when alarmed. It hosts the parasitic Long-tailed Paradise Whydah.
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Colourful finch with green wings, a barred grey-and-white belly, red rump and (in the male) a red face and throat.
Where to see it in Kruger
Resident in thornveld and dense bush, feeding on the ground and slipping into cover; rather shy and easily missed.
Did you know
It wears so many colours, red, green, grey and yellow, that it looks like a little painted finch.
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