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Euplectes capensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Euplectes capensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Euplectes capensis, the yellow bishop, is a 15cm stocky African bird that feeds on seeds, grain, and insects.
Euplectes albonotatus (Cassin, 1848)
Euplectes albonotatus (Cassin, 1848)
Euplectes albonotatus, the white-winged widowbird, is an African bird found in open habitats with distinct calls and plumage.
Euplectes franciscanus (Isert, 1789)
Euplectes franciscanus (Isert, 1789)
Euplectes franciscanus, the northern red bishop, is a small African bird introduced to the West Indies and US, with breeding males having bright red-orange plumage.
Euplectes axillaris (A.Smith, 1838)
Euplectes axillaris (A.Smith, 1838)
Fan-tailed widowbird (Euplectes axillaris, also red-shouldered widowbird) is a Ploceidae bird native to Afrotropical grassy and swampy areas.
Euplectes gierowii Cabanis, 1880
Euplectes gierowii Cabanis, 1880
Euplectes gierowii, the black bishop, is a large bishop species native to parts of Africa, living in grasslands, shrublands, and wetlands.
Euplectes afer (Gmelin, 1789)
Euplectes afer (Gmelin, 1789)
Euplectes afer, the yellow-crowned bishop, is an African bird species introduced to other regions, with distinct breeding plumage for males.
Euplectes progne (Boddaert, 1783)
Euplectes progne (Boddaert, 1783)
Euplectes progne, the long-tailed widowbird, is a sexually dimorphic seed-eating bird with three isolated populations in Africa.
Euplectes ardens (Boddaert, 1783)
Euplectes ardens (Boddaert, 1783)
Euplectes ardens, the red-collared widowbird, is a sexually dimorphic bird found in open habitats across Eastern and Southern Africa.
Euplectes macroura (Gmelin, 1789)
Euplectes macroura (Gmelin, 1789)
Euplectes macroura is a grassland bird with size and plumage differences between sexes, ranging widely across intra-tropical regions.
Euplectes ardens laticauda (Lichtenstein, 1823)
Euplectes ardens laticauda (Lichtenstein, 1823)
Euplectes ardens laticauda, the red-collared widowbird, is a dimorphic African bird found in open, grassy habitats.
Quelea quelea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Quelea quelea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Quelea quelea, the red-billed quelea, is the world's most numerous undomesticated bird, native to most of sub-Saharan Africa.
Quelea erythrops (Hartlaub, 1848)
Quelea erythrops (Hartlaub, 1848)
Quelea erythrops, the red-headed quelea, is a Ploceidae bird species found across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
Amblyospiza albifrons (Vigors, 1831)
Amblyospiza albifrons (Vigors, 1831)
Amblyospiza albifrons, the thick-billed weaver, is a distinctive Afrotropical weaver bird in the monotypic genus Amblyospiza.
Dinemellia dinemelli (Rüppell, 1845)
Dinemellia dinemelli (Rüppell, 1845)
Dinemellia dinemelli, the white-headed buffalo weaver, is an African bird species found in savannas and dry brush habitats.
Plocepasser superciliosus (Cretzschmar, 1827)
Plocepasser superciliosus (Cretzschmar, 1827)
Plocepasser superciliosus, the chestnut-crowned sparrow-weaver, is a Ploceidae bird found across sub-Saharan Africa.
Plocepasser mahali A.Smith, 1836
Plocepasser mahali A.Smith, 1836
Plocepasser mahali (white-browed sparrow-weaver) is a sedentary, colonial-nesting bird found across dry southern to northeastern Africa.
Histurgops ruficauda Reichenow, 1887
Histurgops ruficauda Reichenow, 1887
Rufous-tailed weaver (Histurgops ruficauda) is a monotypic songbird endemic breeding to Tanzania, with vagrants in Kenya.
Bubalornis niger A.Smith, 1836
Bubalornis niger A.Smith, 1836
Bubalornis niger, the red-billed buffalo weaver, is a possibly large weaver bird with distinctive breeding traits and sexual dimorphism.
Bubalornis albirostris (Vieillot, 1817)
Bubalornis albirostris (Vieillot, 1817)
The white-billed buffalo weaver is a common resident breeding bird found across most of sub-Saharan Africa.
Anaplectes rubriceps (Sundevall, 1850)
Anaplectes rubriceps (Sundevall, 1850)
Anaplectes rubriceps, the red-headed weaver, is an African bird with plumage variations and characteristic tunneled raindrop-shaped nests.
Ploceus superciliosus (Shelley, 1873)
Ploceus superciliosus (Shelley, 1873)
The compact weaver is the only Pachyphantes species, with a discontinuous African range and specific grassland habitat.
Polioptila nigriceps S.F.Baird, 1864
Polioptila nigriceps S.F.Baird, 1864
Black-capped gnatcatcher (Polioptila nigriceps) is a small songbird native to western Mexico, occasionally breeding in southern Arizona.
Polioptila caerulea (Linnaeus, 1766)
Polioptila caerulea (Linnaeus, 1766)
Polioptila caerulea, the blue-gray gnatcatcher, is a small North American bird with distinct plumage and a migratory range.
Polioptila californica Brewster, 1881
Polioptila californica Brewster, 1881
Polioptila californica is a small non-migratory gnatcatcher with a threatened northern population in coastal Southern California.
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