Jackson's Widowbird
Euplectes jacksoni(Sharpe, RB, 1891)
English (US) Jackson's Widowbird
The Jackson's Widowbird (Euplectes jacksoni) 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: grassy highlands of Kenya and northern TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Euplectes jacksoni
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Jackson's Widowbird
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1891)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Drepanoplectes jacksoni
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1891)
- Type locality
- Kikuyu.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.6, vol.3, no.10 p.246 pl.5
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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