Southern Red Bishop

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    • Fire-fronted Bishop, Euplectes diadematus: The Fire-fronted Bishop is found in Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Zanzibar Bishop, Euplectes nigroventris: The Zanzibar Bishop is found in Kenya, Mozambique, and Tanzania.

 

    • Golden-backed Bishop, Euplectes aureus: The Golden-backed Bishop is found in Angola and Sao Tomé and Principe.

 

 

 

    • Yellow-shouldered Widowbird, Euplectes macrourus: The Yellow-shouldered Widowbird is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. This bird species inhabits subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

 

 

    • Yellow-crowned Bishop - Breeding Male

       

      Red-collared Widowbird, Euplectes ardens: The Red-collared Widowbird is found in Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. This bird species inhabits subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

 

    • Marsh Widowbird, Euplectes hartlaubi: The Marsh Widowbird is found in Angola, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

 

    • Buff-shouldered Widowbird, Euplectes psammocromius: The Buff-shouldered Widowbird is found in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia.

 

 

 

Species Research by Sibylle Johnson


 

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