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Birdwatching in Africa - Black-winged Red Bishop, Fire-crowned Bishop, Euplectes hordeaceus


The Black-winged Red Bishop (Euplectes hordeaceus), formerly known in southern Africa as the Fire-crowned Bishop, is a resident breeding bird species in tropical Africa from Senegal to Sudan and south to Angola, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

This common weaver occurs in a range of open country, especially tall grassland and often near water. It builds a spherical woven nest in tall grass. 2-4 eggs are laid.

The Black-winged Red Bishop is a stocky 13–15 cm bird. The breeding male is scarlet apart from his black face, belly and wings and brown tail. The conical bill is thick and black. He displays prominently, singing high-pitched twitters from tall grass, puffing out his feathers or performing a slow hovering display flight.

The non-breeding male is yellow-brown, streaked above and shading to whitish below. It has a whitish supercilium. It resembles non-breeding male northern red bishop, but is darker and has black wings. Females are similar, but paler. Young birds have wider pale fringes on their flight feathers.

The Black-winged Red Bishop is a gregarious species which feeds on seed, grain and some insects.

Range map from www.oiseaux.net

Range map
Range map from www.oiseaux.net - Ornithological Portal Oiseaux.net
www.oiseaux.net is one of those MUST visit pages if you're in to bird watching. You can find just about everything there


Length: 13 - 15 cm
Wingspan:
Weight: 17 - 29 g
Longevity:
Distinctive Feature
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Similar Species
• A much bulkier, less compact bird than the more common Northern Red Bishop.

From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.


Listen to the Black-winged Red Bishop

Remarks from the Recordist
Song and calls from a non-breeding plumaged (probable male) bird that was part of a small flock in a weed-choked drainage through disturbed thornscrub.


www.xeno-canto.org


Conservation status
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Sighted: (Date of first photo that I could use) 25 October 2019
Location: Jemma Valley, Ethiopia

Black-winged Red Bishop, Fire-crowned Bishop, Euplectes hordeaceus
Black-winged Red Bishop - 25 October 2019 - Jemma Valley, Ethiopia

Black-winged Red Bishop, Fire-crowned Bishop, Euplectes hordeaceus
Black-winged Red Bishop - 25 October 2019 - Jemma Valley, Ethiopia



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