Red-collared Widowbird
Euplectes ardens(Boddaert, P, 1783)
English (US) Red-collared Widowbird
The Red-collared Widowbird (Euplectes ardens) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Ploceidae (Weavers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Senegal and Sierra Leone eastward to southern South Sudan and western Uganda, southward to central Angola, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, and eastern South AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Euplectes ardens
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-collared Widowbird
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
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Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Fringilla ardens
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
- Type locality
- 'Cape of Good Hope', ex pi. 647.
- Original description
- Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton p.39
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Yellow-mantled Widowbird
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Red-cowled Widowbird
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Jackson's Widowbird
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