Yellow-mantled Widowbird

Euplectes macroura - Euplecte à dos d'or

Systematics

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

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics

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

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Yellow-mantled Widowbird (Euplectes macroura) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

Euplectes macroura macroura (Senegal and Gambia to s Sudan and sw Kenya and south to Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe and w Mozambique)
Euplectes macroura macrocercus (Ethiopia, Uganda and w Kenya)
Euplectes macroura conradsi (Ukerewe I. in Lake Victoria)

Foreign names

Euplecte à dos d'or,
Obispo dorsiamarillo,
bispo-de-manto-amarelo,
Gelbschulterweber,
sárgapalástú özvegypinty,
Geelrugwidavink,
Vedova spallegialle,
gulryggig vidafink,
Gulkappevever,
tkáčik žltochrbtý,
vida dlouhoocasá,
Gulrygget Vidafinke,
keltaselkäpiispa,
Geelrugflap,
bisbe de dors groc,
wikłacz płaszczowy,
Желтоплечий бархатный ткач,
キガタホウオウ,
黄肩巧织雀,
gulryggig vidafink,
黃肩寡婦鳥,

Voice song and call

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Habitat

Savanna : Moist ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Shrub Dominated Wetlands, Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands