Weavers (Ploceidae)

Fire-fronted Bishop (Euplectes diadematus) - HBW 15, p. 146

French: Euplecte à diadème German: Diademweber Spanish: Obispo Diademado

Taxonomy: Euplectes diadematus G. A. Fischer and Reichenow, 1878, Malindi, Kenya.
This species and E. afer have sometimes been placed in a separate genus, Taha, and considered to form a superspecies, but close relationship not supported by molecular data. Monotypic.

Distribution: C, S & E Kenya, SE Somalia and NE Tanzania.