Marsh Widowbird (Euplectes hartlaubi) [XC508915]
by Dries Van de Loock from Kalwelwa area, Mwinilunga, North-Western province, Zambia (call)
Marsh Widowbird (Euplectes hartlaubi) [XC339182]
by Peter Boesman from North of Kawambwa, Luapula province, Zambia (call)
Subspecies
Previously thought to form a superspecies, and even to be conspecific, with Montane Widowbird (Euplectes psammacromius), but recent molecular studies suggest that the two species are not even sister-taxa.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
humeralis (Sharpe, 1901) - Eastern Nigeria, central Cameroon, eastern Gabon, southern PRCongo, south-western DRCongo (around R Congo), western and southern Uganda and western Kenya.
hartlaubi (Barboza du Bocage, 1878) - Central and north-eastern Angola, south-eastern DRCongo, northern Zambia and extreme western Tanzania (Ufipa region).