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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
16/05/2024 05:02:35 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Buff-shouldered Widowbird*
Id (Atlas):
Euplectes psammacromius
Description (10 )
Buff-shouldered Widowbird
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Other Names (World)
Montane Widowbird, Buff-shouldered Widowbird, Montane Marsh Widowbird, Montane Marsh Widow, Montane Marsh Whydah, Mountain Marsh Widowbird, Mountain Marsh Whydah, Highland Marsh Widowbird
Family
Ploceidae (Weavers)
Size
40 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Reichenow, 1900)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude grassland, inland wetlands. From 1,800 - 3,000 m.
Malawi, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia.
Highlands of south-western Tanzania, and extreme north-eastern Zambia and northern Malawi (Nyika Plateau).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)... )
Listen to XC860422
Montane Widowbird (Euplectes psammacromius ) [XC860422 ]
by Dries Van de Loock from Chelinda camp area, Nyika NP, Rumphi, Northern Region, Malawi (call)
Listen to XC398043
Montane Widowbird (Euplectes psammacromius ) [XC398043 ]
by Peter Boesman from Plains around Chelinda, Nyika NP, Malawi (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Previously thought to form a superspecies, or even to be conspecific, with Marsh Widowbird (Euplectes hartlaubi ), but recent molecular studies suggest that the two species are not even sister-taxa. May be closest to Long-tailed Widowbird (Euplectes progne ).
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Buff-shouldered Widowbird see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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