Southern Red Bishop
Euplectes orix(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Southern Red Bishop
The Southern Red Bishop (Euplectes orix) 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: western and southern Angola, southern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, southward to South AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Euplectes orix
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Southern Red Bishop
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Emberiza orix
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- interior of Africa (Angola, ex Edwards, 1751, Nat. Hist. Birds, 4, pi. 178).
- 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.177
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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