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White-winged Widowbird

Euplectes albonotatus (Cassin, J 1848)

The white-winged widowbird is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae native to Africa south of the Sahara. It is highly sexually dimorphic in its breeding season, during which the male's yellow plumage turns dark and he gains more white feathers, contrasting with the female's predominantly pale coloration. Three subspecies are recognised. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Ploceidae
Genus:
   Euplectes
Scientific:
  Euplectes albonotatus


Original description

Citation:
  (Cassin, J 1848)

Reference:
   Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 4 p.65

Protonym:
  Vidua albonotata

Type locality:
  Port Natal [= Durban].

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5445291


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  749E7B3C09117C57

Avibase ID:
  avibase-749E7B3C

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/749E7B3C


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 560035

Geographic range:

  • Euplectes albonotatus albonotatus: S Tanzania to ne Botswana and South Africa
  • Euplectes albonotatus asymmetrurus: W Gabon to w Angola; São Tomé
  • Euplectes albonotatus eques: Central African Republic, southwestern Sudan, southeastern South Sudan, Ethiopia, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, and Tanzania
English:
White-winged Widowbird
Catalan:
bisbe alablanc
Czech:
vida lesklá
Danish:
Hvidvinget Vidafinke
German:
Spiegelweber
Spanish:
Obispo Aliblanco
Spanish (Spain):
Obispo Aliblanco
Finnish:
valkosiipipiispa
French:
Euplecte à épaules blanches
Croatian:
šarenokrila pletilja
Hungarian:
fehérszárnyú özvegypinty
Icelandic:
Slægjuvefari
Italian:
Vedova alibianche
Japanese (romaji):
hajirohouou
Japanese:
ハジロホウオウ
Lithuanian:
Baltasparnis aksominis audėjas
Dutch:
Spiegelwidavink
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kvitvengvevar
Norwegian:
Hvitvingevever
Polish:
wikłacz białoskrzydły
Portuguese:
Viúva-d'asa-branca
Portuguese (Portugal):
bispo-d'asa-branca
Russian:
Белокрылый ткачик
Slovak:
tkáčik zrkadlový
Serbian:
Belokrila vida
Swedish:
vitvingad vidafink
Ukrainian:
Вайдаг білокрилий
Chinese:
白翅巧织雀
Chinese (Traditional):
白翅寡婦鳥


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Euplecte à épaules blanches ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Euplecte à épaules blanches ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
White-winged Whydah ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
White-winged Whydah ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
White-winged Whydah ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
White-winged Whydah ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
White-winged Whydah ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Euplectes albonotatus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Euplectes albonotatus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Euplectes albonotatus [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
White-winged Widowbird ( Euplectes albonotatus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Euplectes albonotatus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Euplectes albonotatus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Witvlerkflap
Catalan: bisbe alablanc
Czech: Prádelník belokrídlý, vida lesklá
Danish: Hvidvinget Vidafinke
German: Spiegelweber, Spiegelwida, Spiegel-Wida
English: Cinnamon-shouldered Widowbird, White winged Widowbird, White-fronted Widowbird, White-shouldered Widowbird, White-winged Bishop, White-winged Whydah, Whitewinged Widow, White-winged Widow, White-winged Widowbird, White-winged Widow-bird, White-winged Wydah
English, HBW: White-winged Widowbird
English (IOC): White-winged Widowbird
English (Kenya): White-winged Widowbird
English (United States): White-winged Widowbird
Spanish: Obispo Aliblanco, Obispo de Alas Blancas
Spanish (Spain): Obispo Aliblanco
Spanish (HBW): White-winged Widowbird
Estonian: valgetiib-kangurlind
Finnish: Valkosiipipiispa
French: Euplecte à épaules blanches, Euplecte à épaulettes, Veuve à ailes blanches, Veuve à épaulettes blanches
Croatian: šarenokrila pletilja
Hungarian: fehérszárnyú özvegypinty
Icelandic: Slægjuvefari
Italian: Vedova alibianche
Japanese (romaji): hajirohouou, hajirohououjaku
Japanese: ハジロホウオウ, ハジロホウオウジャク
Kwangali: Enzunge
Scientific: Euplectes albonotatus, Euplectes albonotatus albonotatus, Vidua albonotata
Lithuanian: Baltasparnis aksominis audėjas
Dutch: Spiegelwidavink
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kvitvengvevar
Norwegian: Hvitvingevever
Polish: wiklacz bialoskrzydly, wikłacz białoskrzydły
Portuguese: Viúva-d'asa-branca
Portuguese (Portugal): bispo-d'asa-branca
Russian: Белокрылый бархатный ткач, Белокрылый ткачик
Slovak: tkácik zrkadlový, tkáčik zrkadlový
Serbian: Belokrila udovica, Belokrila vida
Swedish: Vitvingad vidafink
Swahili: Kweche Bawa-jeupe
Turkish: Ak kanatlı dulkuşu
Ukrainian: Вайдаг білокрилий
Chinese: 白翅巧织雀
Chinese (Traditional): 白翅寡婦鳥
Zulu: iNtakansinsi

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