Southern Red, Northern Red or Zanzibar Bishop
Euplectes [orix, franciscanus or nigroventris] (= Euplectes orix) (Linnaeus, C 1758)
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Ploceidae
Genus:
Euplectes
Scientific:
Euplectes orix
Original description
Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10
1 p.177
Protonym:
Emberiza orix
Type locality:
interior of Africa (Angola, ex Edwards, 1751, Nat. Hist. Birds, 4, pi. 178).
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/196/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
0FB025B4504A89DF
Avibase ID:
avibase-0FB025B4
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/0FB025B4
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 179634
Geographic range:
- Euplectes franciscanus: southern Mauritania southward to northern Liberia, eastward to Eritrea, Ethiopia, northwestern and southern Somalia, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and Kenya
- Euplectes orix: western and southern Angola, southern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, southward to South Africa
- Euplectes nigroventris: southeastern Kenya to eastern Tanzania, Zanzibar, Pemba, and northern Mozambique
Southern Red, Northern Red or Zanzibar Bishop
French:
Euplecte ignicolore, E. franciscain ou E. de Zanzibar
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Southern Red, Northern Red or Zanzibar Bishop ( Euplectes [orix, franciscanus or nigroventris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Southern Red, Northern Red or Zanzibar Bishop ( Euplectes [orix, franciscanus or nigroventris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Southern Red, Northern Red or Zanzibar Bishop ( Euplectes [orix, franciscanus or nigroventris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Red, Orange or Zanzibar Bishop ( Euplectes [orix, franciscanus or nigroventris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Southern Red, Northern Red or Zanzibar Bishop ( Euplectes [orix, franciscanus or nigroventris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Southern Red, Northern Red or Zanzibar Bishop ( Euplectes [orix, franciscanus or nigroventris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Southern Red, Northern Red or Zanzibar Bishop ( Euplectes [orix, franciscanus or nigroventris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Southern Red, Northern Red or Zanzibar Bishop ( Euplectes [orix, franciscanus or nigroventris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Southern Red, Northern Red or Zanzibar Bishop ( Euplectes [orix, franciscanus or nigroventris]) |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Rooivink
Catalan: Teixidor ataronjat
Czech: snovač kaferský
Danish: Oryxvæver
German: Oryxweber
English: Red, Orange or Zanzibar Bishop, Southern Red, Northern Red or Zanzibar Bishop
Spanish: Obispo Rojo
Finnish: punapiispa
French: Euplecte ignicolore, Euplecte ignicolore, E. franciscain ou E. de Zanzibar
Hungarian: Orix-szövőmadár
Italian: Vescovo rosso
Japanese (romaji): kitakinranchou
Japanese: キタキンランチョウ
Kwangali: Gomugeha
Scientific: Emberiza Orix, Euplectes [orix, franciscanus or nigroventris], Euplectes orix, Euplectes orix orix
Lithuanian: Raudonasis aksominis audėjas
Dutch: Grenadierwever
Norwegian: Rødbisp
Sotho, Northern: Thagalehlaka
Polish: wiklacz ognisty
Portuguese: Bispo de testa preta
Russian: Огненный бархатный ткач
Slovak: tkáčik plavokrídly
Shona: Chikenya
Sotho, Southern: Khube
Swedish: sydlig eldvävare
Swahili: Kweche Mwekundu
Tswana: Mohubê
Ukrainian: Вайдаг вогнистий
Xhosa: Intakomlilo
Chinese: 红巧织雀
Chinese (Traditional): 紅寡婦鳥
Zulu: iBomvana
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