Black-winged Red Bishop

Euplectes hordeaceus - Euplecte monseigneur

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Plocéidés
Genus
:
Euplectes
Species
:
hordeaceus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics

Size
: 12 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 17 à 29 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Black-winged Red Bishop (Euplectes hordeaceus) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Euplectes hordeaceus hordeaceus (Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to w Sudan, DRCongo, Tanzania and south to Angola, Zimbabwe and Mozambique)
Euplectes hordeaceus craspedopterus (s Sudan, sw Ethiopia, Uganda and w Kenya)

Foreign names

Euplecte monseigneur,
Obispo alinegro,
bispo-vermelho-de-asa-negra,
Flammenweber,
lángszínű szövőmadár,
Roodvoorhoofdwever,
Vescovo alinere,
svartvingad eldvävare,
Svartvingebisp,
tkáčik ohnivý,
snovač ohnivý,
Flammevæver,
tulikauluspiispa,
Vuurkopvink,
bisbe alanegre,
wikłacz czarnoskrzydły,
Чернокрылый огненный бархатный ткач,
ベニビタイキンランチョウ,
黑翅巧织雀,
svartvingad eldvävare,
黑翅紅色寡婦鳥,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land