Fan-tailed widowbird

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Fan-tailed widowbird
Breeding males of races E. a.
bocagei and E. a. phoeniceus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Euplectes
Species:
E. axillaris
Binomial name
Euplectes axillaris
(Smith, 1838)

The fan-tailed widowbird (Euplectes axillaris), also known as the red-shouldered widowbird, is a species of

Afrotropics
.

Range

It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Male E. a. phoeniceus in eclipse plumage

Races

There are five accepted races:[2]

  • E. a. subsp. bocagei (Sharpe, 1871) – West Africa from
    Zambezi
    regions.
  • E. a. subsp. phoeniceus (Heuglin, 1862) – East Africa (Sudan to upland Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi)
  • E. a. subsp. traversii (Salvadori, 1888) – Ethiopian Highlands
  • E. a. subsp. zanzibaricus (Shelley, 1881) – African east coast (Somalia to Tanzania)
  • E. a. subsp. axillaris (A.Smith, 1838) – southeastern Africa (lowland Malawi to eastern South Africa)

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22719204A131992159.en
    . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Craig, A. "Fan-tailed Widowbird (Euplectes axillaris)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

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