Marsh Widowbird
Euplectes hartlaubi(Bocage, JVB, 1878)
English (US) Marsh Widowbird
The Marsh Widowbird (Euplectes hartlaubi) 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.
- Scientific name
- Euplectes hartlaubi
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Marsh Widowbird
- Described by
- (Bocage, JVB, 1878)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Euplectes hartlaubi humeralis
- Euplectes hartlaubi hartlaubi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Penthetria hartlaubi
- Described by
- (Bocage, JVB, 1878)
- Type locality
- Lado. Preoccupied by Penthetria hartlaubi Barboza du Bocage, 1878, Jorn. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa, 24, p. 259.
- Original description
- Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes. Publicado sob os Auspicios da Academia Real das Sciencas de Lisboa (1), 6 p.259
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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