Marsh widowbird

Marsh widowbird
Male in Angola in breeding plumage
Specimen at Nairobi National Museum
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ploceidae
Genus:	Euplectes
Species:	E. hartlaubi
Binomial name
Euplectes hartlaubi (Barboza du Bocage, 1878)

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.

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.

References

1. BirdLife International (2018). "Euplectes hartlaubi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22719233A131992503. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22719233A131992503.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. 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.