The Yellow-winged Pytilia is a small bird whose male has a red face and throat with a grey crown and back. It mainly eats grass seeds and also takes insects.
The male has a red forehead, face, cheeks, and throat, with a grey crown and back. Its rump and upper tail coverts are also red.
It occurs in woodland, bushland, riverine forest edges, and coastal thickets. Small grass seeds form its main food, and it also eats insects such as termites and ants.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.