Weavers (Ploceidae)
Hartlaub's Marsh Widowbird (Euplectes hartlaubi) - HBW 15, p. 151
French: Euplecte des marais
German: Hartlaubweber
Spanish: Obispo Marismeño
Other common names: Marsh Widowbird/Whydah
Taxonomy: Penthetria hartlaubi Bocage, 1878, Caconda, Angola.
Previously thought to form a superspecies, and even to be conspecific, with E. psammocromius, but recent molecular studies suggest that the two species are not even sister-taxa. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- humeralis ( Sharpe, 1901) - E Nigeria, C Cameroon, E Gabon, S PRCongo, SW DRCongo (around R Congo), W & S Uganda and W Kenya.
- hartlaubi ( Bocage, 1878) - C & NE Angola, SE DRCongo, N Zambia and extreme W Tanzania (Ufipa region).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male on top of a bush Locality Kakoge, Uganda (ssp humeralis)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2006 6 years ago 27 sec 3.8 -
A male in a tall grassland, calling Locality Kakoge, Uganda (ssp humeralis)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2006 6 years ago 25 sec 3.4
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Adult male in breeding plumage perched.
Locality Soroti, Uganda (ssp humeralis)
Nik Borrow 6 July 2010 1 year ago 3.4
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Two birds calling. Locality Kakoge, Uganda
(ssp humeralis)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2006 19 weeks ago 3
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