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Euplectes Axillaris1 Crop
''Euplectes'' is a genus of passerine bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae. It contains the bishops and widowbirds. They are all native to Africa south of the Sahara. It is believed that all birds in the genus are probably polygynous. The genus ''Euplectes'' was introduced by the English naturalist William John Swainson in 1829 with the southern red bishop as the type species. The name combines the Ancient Greek ''eu'' "fine" or "good" and the New Latin ''plectes'' "weaver". When choosing their mates, females within this genus will often choose males with longer tail lengths, even in species with comparatively shorter tail lengths. Species The genus contains 17 species. Aviculture The yellow-crowned bishop and northern red bishop The northern red bishop or orange bishop (''Euplectes franciscanus'') is a small passerine bird in the family Ploceidae. It is part of the largest genus in the family with over 60 different species.Arkhipov, Vladimir Yu, Leon A Bennun, Davi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euplectes Afer
The yellow-crowned bishop (''Euplectes afer'') is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae native to Africa south of the Sahara. It is highly sexually dimorphic in its breeding season, during which the male adopts a distinctive yellow and black plumage, contrasting with the female's predominantly brown coloration. Three subspecies are recognised. Taxonomy The yellow-crowned bishop was first described by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1789. It and the fire-fronted bishop have occasionally been placed in the separate genus ''Taha'' but DNA places it in ''Euplectes'', without close relatives, however. In captivity it has interbred with the northern red bishop. Alternate common names include: golden bishop, Napoleon bishop, Napoleon weaver, black-winged golden bishop, ''goudgeelvink'' (in Afrikaans), ''Napoleonwever'' (in Dutch), ''euplecte vorabé'' (in French), ''Napoleonweber'' (in German), and ''obispo coronigualdo'' (in Spanish). Subspec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire-fronted Bishop
The fire-fronted bishop (''Euplectes diadematus'') is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. References fire-fronted bishop Birds of East Africa Birds of the Horn of Africa fire-fronted bishop Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Ploceidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow Bishop - Kenya S4E8557 (22662474520)
Yellow is the color between green and orange on the spectrum of light. It is evoked by light with a dominant wavelength of roughly 575585 nm. It is a primary color in subtractive color systems, used in painting or color printing. In the RGB color model, used to create colors on television and computer screens, yellow is a secondary color made by combining red and green at equal intensity. Carotenoids give the characteristic yellow color to autumn leaves, corn, canaries, daffodils, and lemons, as well as egg yolks, buttercups, and bananas. They absorb light energy and protect plants from photo damage in some cases. Sunlight has a slight yellowish hue when the Sun is near the horizon, due to atmospheric scattering of shorter wavelengths (green, blue, and violet). Because it was widely available, yellow ochre pigment was one of the first colors used in art; the Lascaux cave in France has a painting of a yellow horse 17,000 years old. Ochre and orpiment pigment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Red Bishop
The northern red bishop or orange bishop (''Euplectes franciscanus'') is a small passerine bird in the family Ploceidae. It is part of the largest genus in the family with over 60 different species.Arkhipov, Vladimir Yu, Leon A Bennun, David Brewer et al. 2010. Handbook of Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions. (15): 74-78. Its sister species is the Southern red bishop (''Euplectes orix''). This species is most recognizable by the bright reddish orange with contrasting black plumage displayed by the breeding male. It is most common throughout the northern African continent but has also been introduced to areas in the western hemisphere. Taxonomy and systematics The northern red bishop was first described by Paul Erdmann Isert in 1789 in Accra, Ghana.Northern Red Bishop - ''Euplectes Franciscanus''. ''Avibase'', https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=3D12284957400BDC. ''Euplectes'' directly translates to “good weaver,” while ''franciscanus'' relates to the Francisca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
