Marsh Widowbird (Euplectes hartlaubi)

Other Names (World)
Marsh Widowbird, Marsh Whydah, Hartlaub's Marsh Widowbird

Family
Ploceidae (Weavers)

Size
21 - 36 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Barboza du Bocage, 1878)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical seasonally wet / flooded grassland, inland wetlands.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Cameroon, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (12)...)

Marsh Widowbird (Euplectes hartlaubi) [XC547984]
by Peter Boesman from Kamfinsa Area, Copperbelt Province, Zambia (call, call in flight)

Marsh Widowbird (Euplectes hartlaubi) [XC508914]
by Dries Van de Loock from Nyachisala Forest, Kakoma, Mwinilunga, Northwestern Province, Zambia (call)

Subspecies
Previously thought to form a superspecies, and even to be conspecific, with Buff-shouldered 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).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Marsh Widowbird (Euplectes hartlaubi) - 10 files

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