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 LC    Fire-fronted Bishop* Id (Atlas):
    Euplectes diadematus

Description (10)
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Family
Ploceidae (Weavers)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
Fischer & Reichenow, 1878

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, inland wetlands.

Range (Guide)
Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania [United Republic of].

C, southern and eastern Kenya, south-eastern Somalia and north-eastern Tanzania.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

 
Fire-fronted Bishop (Euplectes diadematus) [XC468996]
     by Frank Lambert from Sagala Lodge, Tsavo West, Kenya (song, song and song flight)

 
Fire-fronted Bishop (Euplectes diadematus) [XC468507]
     by Frank Lambert from Sagala Lodge, Tsavo West, Kenya (song, song and song flight)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

This species and Yellow-crowned Bishop (Euplectes afer) have sometimes been placed in a separate genus, Taha, and considered to form a superspecies, but close relationship not supported by molecular data.


References
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Files:
JPG files for Fire-fronted Bishop (Euplectes diadematus) - 10 files


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