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Euplectes Orix - Tiergarten Schönbrunn 5
''Euplectes'' is a genus of passerine bird in the Ploceidae, 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 polygyny, 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 are popular in aviculture. References External links * * Euplectes, Bird genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Ploceidae-stub ... [...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). Subspecies Th ... [...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 Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands .... 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)
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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 Franciscans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange Bishop 001
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Southern Red Bishop
The southern red bishop or red bishop (''Euplectes orix'') is a small passerine bird belonging to the bishop and widowbird genus '' Euplectes'' in the weaver family, the Ploceidae. It is common in wetlands and grassland in Africa south of the Equator. North of the Equator, it is replaced by the northern red bishop or orange bishop (''E. franciscanus'') which was formerly regarded as a subspecies of this species. Taxonomy In 1751 the English naturalist George Edwards included an illustration and a description of the southern red bishop in the fourth volume of his ''A Natural History of Uncommon Birds''. He used the English name "The Grenadier". Edwards based his hand-coloured etching on a live bird kept at the home of George Shelvocke in Greenwich. Edwards was told that the bird had come from Angola. When in 1758 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his '' Systema Naturae'' for the tenth edition, he placed the southern red bishop with the buntings in the genus ''Emberi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euplectes Orix - Tiergarten Schönbrunn 5
''Euplectes'' is a genus of passerine bird in the Ploceidae, 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 polygyny, 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 are popular in aviculture. References External links * * Euplectes, Bird genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Ploceidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black-winged Red Bishop
The black-winged red bishop (''Euplectes hordeaceus''), formerly known in southern Africa as the fire-crowned bishop, is a resident breeding bird species in tropical Africa from Senegal to Sudan and south to Angola, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. This common weaver occurs in a range of open country, especially tall grassland and often near water. It builds a spherical woven nest in tall grass. 2-4 eggs are laid. The black-winged red bishop is a stocky 13–15 cm bird. The breeding male is scarlet apart from his black face, belly and wings and brown tail. The conical bill is thick and black. He displays prominently, singing high-pitched twitters from tall grass, puffing out his feathers or performing a slow hovering display flight. The non-breeding male is yellow-brown, streaked above and shading to whitish below. It has a whitish supercilium. It resembles non-breeding male northern red bishop The northern red bishop or orange bishop (''Euplectes franciscanus'') i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zanzibar Red Bishop
The Zanzibar red bishop (''Euplectes nigroventris'') is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Kenya, Mozambique, and Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands .... References External linksZanzibar bishopon Weaver Watch Zanzibar red bishop Birds of East Africa Zanzibar Zanzibar red bishop Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Ploceidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Bishop
The black bishop (''Euplectes gierowii'') is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae native to Africa south of the Sahara. Three subspecies are recognised. Taxonomy The black bishop was first described by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1880 and named after H. Gierow, a Swedish explorer and collector in Angola. It is sometimes placed with ''E. aureus'' and ''E. hordeaceus'' in a separate genus, ''Groteiplectes''. A study of the molecular phylogeny of bishops and widowbirds published in 2008 found that it formed part of a clade along with the fire-fronted bishop (''E. diadematus''), black-winged red bishop (''E. hordeaceus''), northern red bishop (''E. franciscanus''), southern red bishop (''E. orix''), Zanzibar red bishop (''E. nigroventris'') and red-collared widowbird (''E. ardens''). An alternate common name is Gierow's bishop. Subspecies Three subspecies of the black bishop are now recognized. * ''E. g. ansorgei'' ( E. Hartert, 1899), or n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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