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Genus: Euplectes (18 species)


Yellow-crowned Bishop (Euplectes afer) Male Range: AF: w, c, e, s San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary, California,
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Yellow-crowned Bishop (Euplectes afer) Female Range: AF: w, c, e, s Kruger National Park, South Africa
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White-winged Widowbird (Euplectes albonotatus) Male Range: AF: wc, e, sc Limpopo, South Africa
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Red-collared Widowbird (Euplectes ardens) Male Range: AF: Sierra Leone to Uganda, sw Sudan, nw, s Tanzania s to e South Africa Sakania, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Golden-backed Bishop (Euplectes aureus) Range: AF: Angola and São Tomé (sc Gulf of Guinea Is.)


Fan-tailed Widowbird (Euplectes axillaris axillaris) Male Range: AF: c, e, se Simangaliso Wetland Park, St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Yellow Bishop (Euplectes capensis) Range: AF: c, e, s South Africa
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Yellow Bishop (Euplectes capensis) Range: AF: c, e, s Giant's Castle, South Africa Non-breeeding colors or female.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

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Fire-fronted Bishop (Euplectes diadematus) Range: AF: c Somalia through Kenya to ne Tanzania


Northern Red Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus) Range: AF: w, c, e The Gambia
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A vagrant in the USA.


Black Bishop (Euplectes gierowii friederichseni) Male Range: AF: ec, e, se Manyara, Tanzania
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Marsh Widowbird (Euplectes hartlaubi) Range: AF: c


Black-winged Red Bishop (Euplectes hordeaceus hordeaceus) Male Range: AF: w, c, e, se Sakania, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Black-winged Red Bishop (Euplectes hordeaceus hordeaceus) Female Range: AF: w, c, e, se Atewa, Ghana
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Jackson's Widowbird (Euplectes jacksoni) Male Near Threatened Range: AF: w, c Kenya to n Tanzania Nairobi National Park, Kenya
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Red-cowled Widowbird (Euplectes laticauda) Range: AF: Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia to c Kenya and n Tanzania


Yellow-mantled Widowbird (Euplectes macroura macroura) Range: AF: w, c, e, se Poli, Cameroon
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-mantled Widowbird (Euplectes macroura macroura) Female Range: AF: w, c, e, se Brenu, Ghana
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Zanzibar Red Bishop (Euplectes nigroventris) Range: AF: se Kenya to s Tanzania and ec Mozambique Butterfly World, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Southern Red Bishop (Euplectes orix) Range: AF: s, e DR Congo and sw Kenya to Mozambique, Angola, w Zambia, n Botswana, Namibia and South Africa South Africa
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.


Long-tailed Widowbird (Euplectes progne progne) Range: AF: e, sc Johannesburg, South Africa Non-breeding colors.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Long-tailed Widowbird (Euplectes progne progne) Male Range: AF: e, sc South Africa
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.


Montane Widowbird (Euplectes psammacromius) Male Range: AF: c Tanzania to ne Zambia and n Malawi Nyika National Park, Malawi
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