Black-winged Red Bishop
Euplectes hordeaceus(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Black-winged Red Bishop
The Black-winged Red Bishop (Euplectes hordeaceus) 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 hordeaceus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-winged Red Bishop
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Euplectes hordeaceus hordeaceus
- Euplectes hordeaceus craspedopterus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Loxia hordeacea
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- In Indiis, error for Senegal (Gyldenstolpe, 1924, Kongl. Svensk Vet.-Akad. Handl., (3) 1, (3), p. 44).
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.173
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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