---
title: "Maracachão-d'asa-verde"
description: "Pytilia melba — Aves. The green-winged pytilia (Pytilia melba) is a small colourful seed-eating bird in the family Estrildidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/green-winged-pytilia
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Maracachão-d'asa-verde

> Pytilia melba — Aves. The green-winged pytilia (Pytilia melba) is a small colourful seed-eating bird in the family Estrildidae.

- Scientific name: *Pytilia melba*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 1903
- Wikidata: [Q603124](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q603124)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13999](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13999)

## Names

- en: Green-winged Pytilia
- de: Buntastrild
- es: Estrilda Melba
- fr: Beaumarquet melba
- pt: Maracachão-d'asa-verde
- pl: Melba pstra

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (956), NA (224), TZ (159), BW (109), ZW (81), ZM (58), KE (55), MW (37), RW (28), UG (28), NG (23), SZ (17)

## Summary

The green-winged pytilia (Pytilia melba) is a small colourful seed-eating bird in the family Estrildidae. It is widespread throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, though it is more rarely seen in central, far southern and coastal western parts of the continent.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green-winged_pytilia

## Photo

![Maracachão-d'asa-verde](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-winged-pytilia/medium.jpg)

Photo: Martin Tlustos · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153169375

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/green-winged-pytilia?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).