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Euplectes Orix - Tiergarten Schönbrunn 5
''Euplectes'' is a genus of passerine bird in the Ploceidae, weaver family, Ploceidae, that 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 in animals, polygynous. The genus ''Euplectes'' was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1829 with the southern red bishop as the type species. The name combines the Ancient Greek ''eu'' meaning "fine" or "good" with the Neo-Latin ''plectes'' meaning "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 18 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 Taxa named by William Swainson {{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 sexual dimorphism, 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. Four subspecies are recognised. Taxonomy The yellow-crowned bishop was Species description, formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's ''Systema Naturae''. He placed it with the crossbills in the genus ''Loxia'' and coined the binomial nomenclature, binomial name ''Loxia afra''. The specific epithet is from Latin ''afer'' meaning "Africa". Gmelin based his account on the "Black-bellied grossbeak" that had been described and illustrated in 1776 by the English naturalist Peter Brown (naturalist), Peter Brown. Gmelin specified the type location (biology), lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow-crowned Bishop
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. Four subspecies are recognised. Taxonomy The yellow-crowned bishop was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's ''Systema Naturae''. He placed it with the crossbills in the genus ''Loxia'' and coined the binomial name ''Loxia afra''. The specific epithet is from Latin ''afer'' meaning "Africa". Gmelin based his account on the "Black-bellied grossbeak" that had been described and illustrated in 1776 by the English naturalist Peter Brown. Gmelin specified the location as Africa but this was restricted to Senegal by Claude Grant and Cyril Mackworth-Praed in 1944. The yello ... [...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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Euplectes Orix - Tiergarten Schönbrunn 5
''Euplectes'' is a genus of passerine bird in the Ploceidae, weaver family, Ploceidae, that 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 in animals, polygynous. The genus ''Euplectes'' was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1829 with the southern red bishop as the type species. The name combines the Ancient Greek ''eu'' meaning "fine" or "good" with the Neo-Latin ''plectes'' meaning "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 18 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 Taxa named by William Swainson {{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. Taxonomy The black-winged red bishop was Species description, formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, tenth edition of his ''Systema Naturae'' under the binomial nomenclature, binomial name ''Loxia hordeacea''. Linnaeus mistakenly specified the type location (biology), type location as India but this has been corrected to Senegal. The specific epithet ''hordeaceus'' is Latin meaning "of barley" from ''hordeum'' meaning "barley". The black-winged red bishop is now one of 18 species in the genus ''Euplectes'' that was introduced in 1829 by the English naturalist William Swainson. Two subspecies are recognised: * ''E. h. hordeaceus'' (Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 1758) – ... [...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, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t .... 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 Ornithology, 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 Phylogenetics, phylogeny of Euplectes, 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. anso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Bishop Bigodi Dec05
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