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The fan-tailed widowbird (Euplectes axillaris), also known as the red-shouldered widowbird, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae, which is native to grassy and swampy areas of the tropical and subtropical Afrotropics.

Range

It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Male E. a. phoeniceus in eclipse plumage

Races

There are five accepted races:[2]

  • E. a. subsp. bocagei (Sharpe, 1871) – West Africa from Mali to CAR and DRC, and southwards to the Caprivi Strip, Okavango and upper Zambezi regions.
  • E. a. subsp. phoeniceus (Heuglin, 1862) – East Africa (Sudan to upland Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi)
  • E. a. subsp. traversii (Salvadori, 1888) – Ethiopian Highlands
  • E. a. subsp. zanzibaricus (Shelley, 1881) – African east coast (Somalia to Tanzania)
  • E. a. subsp. axillaris (A.Smith, 1838) – southeastern Africa (lowland Malawi to eastern South Africa)

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Euplectes axillaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22719204A131992159. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22719204A131992159.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Craig, A. "Fan-tailed Widowbird (Euplectes axillaris)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

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