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 LC    Golden-backed Bishop* Id (Atlas):
    Euplectes aureus

Description (10)
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Family
Ploceidae (Weavers)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Floodplains and rank vegetation in savanna woodland on the coastal plain, and also in Acacia scrub and abandoned cotton fields. From sea-level - 300 m.

Range (Guide)
Angola (B).

Introduced to Sâo Tomé e Principe (B).

Sío Tomé I and coastal Angola (from Luanda and Bengo south to Benguela).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A rasping 'dzik'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

 
Golden-backed Bishop (Euplectes aureus) [XC403444]
     by Phil Gregory from Lobata, S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9, Sao Tome (song)

 
Golden-backed Bishop (Euplectes aureus) [XC694792]
     by id from Lobata, S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9, Sao Tome (call, voices)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Previously thought to form a superspecies with Yellow Bishop (Euplectes capensis).


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Golden-backed Bishop (Euplectes aureus) - 10 files


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