Zanzibar Red Bishop (Euplectes nigroventris)

Other Names (World)
Zanzibar Red Bishop, Zanzibar Bishop, Black-bellied Bishop, Black-winged Bishop(!)

Family
Ploceidae (Weavers)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
Cassin, 1848

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland.

Range (Guide)

Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania [United Republic of].

Coastal region from south-eastern Kenya (irregularly inland to Tsavo) south, including offshore islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, to northern Mozambique (south to Mocuba); in south-western Tanzania west to Songea.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

Zanzibar Red Bishop (Euplectes nigroventris) [XC44748]
by Peter Boesman from Kingolwira, Morogoro, Tanzania (song)

Zanzibar Red Bishop (Euplectes nigroventris) [XC614374]
by isaac kilusu from Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kenya (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Has been regarded as forming a superspecies with Northern Red Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus) and Red Bishop (Euplectes orix).

Proposed subspecies rufigula (described from central Kenya), having some red on throat and breast, is considered no more than a variant.

References
See References.

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