White-winged Widowbird
Euplectes albonotatus (Cassin, 1848)
Ploceidae — Weavers, Widowbirds
White-winged Widowbird, Euplectes albonotatus, breeds in west, east and south-central Africa and was described by Cassin in 1848. It belongs to the weaver family, Ploceidae, and is a passerine. In breeding plumage the male is set apart by white on the wing coverts, and it is the only short-tailed widowbird in its area with that feature. The breeding male also differs from the yellow-mantled widowbird in tail length, wing colour, the absence of yellow on the back, and a paler bill. Females are pale underneath.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Ploceidae — Weavers, Widowbirds
- Breeding range
- Africa: wc, e, sc
