Marsh widowbird
The marsh widowbird or Hartlaub's widowbird (Euplectes hartlaubi) is a bird in the family Ploceidae.[2] The species was first described by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage in 1878.
| Marsh widowbird | |
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| Male in Angola in breeding plumage | |
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| Specimen at Nairobi National Museum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Euplectes |
| Species: | E. hartlaubi |
| Binomial name | |
| Euplectes hartlaubi (Barboza du Bocage, 1878) | |
Range
It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
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References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Euplectes hartlaubi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Craig, A. (2019). "Marsh Widowbird (Euplectes hartlaubi)". In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D. A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
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