Fan-tailed Widowbird

Euplectes axillaris (Smith, A, 1838)

Ploceidae — Weavers, Widowbirds

Fan-tailed Widowbird, Euplectes axillaris, is a bird of grassy and swampy parts of the tropical and subtropical Afrotropics, with a breeding range across central, eastern and south-eastern Africa. It belongs to the family Ploceidae, the weavers and widowbirds. The species is also called the red-shouldered widowbird. Its recorded range includes countries from Angola and Botswana through Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia to South Africa, as well as several others across the region. It was described by A. Smith in 1838.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae — Weavers, Widowbirds
Breeding range: Africa: c, e, se