Zanzibar red bishop

Zanzibar red bishop
Captive at Butterfly World, Florida
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. nigroventris
Binomial name
Euplectes nigroventris Cassin, 1848

The Zanzibar red bishop (Euplectes nigroventris) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Kenya, Mozambique, and Tanzania.

Egg, Collection Museum Wiesbaden

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Euplectes nigroventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22719191A94616805. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22719191A94616805.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

External links

• Zanzibar bishop on Weaver Watch