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Black-winged Bishop

Euplectes hordeaceus (Linnaeus, C 1758)

The black-winged red bishop, 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. Source: Wikipedia




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


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.173

Protonym:
  Loxia hordeacea

Type locality:
  In Indiis, error for Senegal (Gyldenstolpe, 1924, Kongl. Svensk Vet.-Akad. Handl., (3) 1, (3), p. 44).

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/192/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  7B41427333DE8280

Avibase ID:
  avibase-7B414273

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/7B414273


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 560043

Geographic range:

  • Euplectes hordeaceus: widespread sub-Saharan Africa (except South Africa)
English:
Black-winged Bishop
Catalan:
bisbe alanegre
Czech:
snovač ohnivý
Danish:
Flammevæver
German:
Flammenweber
Spanish:
Obispo Alinegro
Spanish (Spain):
Obispo Alinegro
Finnish:
tulikauluspiispa
French:
Euplecte monseigneur
Croatian:
crnokrila pletilja
Hungarian:
lángszínű szövőmadár
Italian:
Vescovo alinere
Japanese (romaji):
benibitaikinranchou
Japanese:
ベニビタイキンランチョウ
Lithuanian:
Juodasparnis aksominis audėjas
Dutch:
Roodvoorhoofdwever
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Svartvengbisp
Norwegian:
Svartvingebisp
Polish:
wikłacz czarnoskrzydły
Portuguese:
saia-blusa
Portuguese (Portugal):
bispo-d'asa-preta
Russian:
Чернокрылый ткачик
Slovak:
tkáčik ohnivý
Serbian:
Plameni biskup
Swedish:
svartvingad eldvävare
Ukrainian:
Вайдаг чорнокрилий
Chinese:
黑翅巧织雀
Chinese (Traditional):
黑翅紅色寡婦鳥


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Black-winged Red Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Euplecte monseigneur ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Euplecte monseigneur ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Black-winged Red Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Black-winged Red Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
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eBird version 1.55:
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eBird version 2015:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
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eBird version 2017:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Red-crowned Bishop ( Euplectes hordeacea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Red-crowned Bishop ( Euplectes hordeacea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Black-winged Red Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Black-winged Red Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
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:
Black-winged Red Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Black-winged Red Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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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:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Black-winged Red Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Black-winged Red Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Black-winged Red Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Black-winged Red Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Black-winged Red Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Euplectes hordeaceus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Euplectes hordeaceus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Euplectes hordeaceus [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Black-winged Bishop ( Euplectes hordeaceus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Euplectes hordeaceus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Euplectes hordeaceus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Vuurkopvink
Catalan: bisbe alanegre, Teixidor de casquet roig
Czech: Prádelník korunkatý, snovač ohnivý
Danish: Flammevæver
German: Feuerweber, Flammenweber, Flammen-Wida
English: Black winged Bishop, Black-crowned Red-Bishop, Blackwinged Bishop, Black-winged Bishop, Black-winged Red Bishop, Black-winged Red-Bishop, Firecrowned Bishop, Fire-crowned Bishop, Red-crowned Bishop
English, HBW: Black-winged Bishop
English (IOC): Black-winged Red Bishop
English (Kenya): Black-winged Red Bishop
English (United States): Black-winged Bishop
Spanish: Obispo Alinegro, Obispo de Corona Roja
Spanish (Spain): Obispo Alinegro
Spanish (HBW): Black-winged Bishop
Estonian: krae-kangurlind
Finnish: Tulikauluspiispa
French: Euplecte à couronne de feu, Euplecte monseigneur, Monseigneur
Croatian: crnokrila pletilja
Hungarian: lángszínű szövőmadár
Italian: Vescovo alinere, Vescovo corona rossa
Japanese (romaji): benibitaikinranchou
Japanese: ベニビタイキンランチョウ
Scientific: Euplectes flammiceps, Euplectes hordeacea, Euplectes hordeaceus, Euplectes hordeaceus hordeaceus, Loxia hordeacea
Lithuanian: Juodasparnis aksominis audėjas
Maltese: għasfur isqof tal-ġwienaħ suwed
Dutch: Roodvoorhoofdwever
Norwegian Nynorsk: Svartvengbisp
Norwegian: Flammevever, Svartvingebisp
Polish: wiklacz czarnoskrzydly, wikłacz czarnoskrzydły
Portuguese: Bispo de coroa vermelha, Cardeal-tecelão-de-coroa-vermelha, saia-blusa
Portuguese (Portugal): bispo-d'asa-preta, Bispo-vermelho-d'asa-negra
Russian: Чернокрылый бархатный ткач, Чернокрылый огненный бархатный ткач, Чернокрылый ткачик
Slovak: tkácik ohnivý, tkáčik ohnivý
Serbian: Crnokrili biskup, Plameni biskup
Swedish: Svartvingad eldvävare
Swahili: Kweche Mtama
Turkish: Kara kanatlı piskopos
Ukrainian: Вайдаг чорнокрилий
Chinese: 黑翅巧织雀
Chinese (Traditional): 黑翅紅色寡婦鳥

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