Weavers (Ploceidae)
Northern Red Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus) - HBW 15, p. 143
French: Euplecte franciscain
German: Feuerweber
Spanish: Obispo Anaranjado
Other common names: Red/Orange/Franciscan Bishop
Taxonomy: Loxia franciscana Isert, 1789, Accra, Ghana.
Has been regarded as forming a superspecies with E. orix and E. nigroventris, and sometimes treated as conspecific with former, but such arrangements not supported by molecular data. Has hybridized in captivity with E. afer and possibly with E. hordeaceus. Birds in E of range sometimes recognized as race pusillus (described from L Chew Bahir, in S Ethiopia), often having longer tail-coverts covering rectrices completely, less red on breast, and plumage tending towards orange-red, rather than scarlet; plumage and other characters, however, variable throughou.. View all taxonomy...
Has been regarded as forming a superspecies with E. orix and E. nigroventris, and sometimes treated as conspecific with former, but such arrangements not supported by molecular data. Has hybridized in captivity with E. afer and possibly with E. hordeaceus. Birds in E of range sometimes recognized as race pusillus (described from L Chew Bahir, in S Ethiopia), often having longer tail-coverts covering rectrices completely, less red on breast, and plumage tending towards orange-red, rather than scarlet; plumage and other characters, however, variable throughout species' range, and naming of geographical races considered unwarranted. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Mauritania, Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, S Mali, N Sierra Leone, N Liberia, Burkina Faso, N Ivory Coast, Ghana (mainly inland, local on coast), Togo, Benin, SW Niger, Nigeria (primarily N of the great rivers), S Chad, N Cameroon; N Central African Republic; Sudan (especially R Nile and tributaries), W & NE Ethiopia, W Eritrea and NW & S Somalia, S to NE DRCongo, N Uganda and W Kenya (L Baringo and L Bogoria). Introduced (escaped cagebirds) in SW USA (near Los Angeles, in California; breeding reported also Arizona); introduced c. 1960 in West Indies, on Puerto Rico, with breeding on Martinique and Guadeloupe, and recorded on Jamaica and St Croix (Virgin Is). Reported introduction in Japan of E. orix more likely to be referable to present species.
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A group in dry season plumage, feeding on the ground Locality Nianing, Thiès Region, Senegal (ssp franciscanus)
Juan Sanabria 7 January 2007 6 years ago 19 sec 4.4 -
A male in breeding plumage, calling Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (ssp franciscanus)
Josep del Hoyo 29 August 2006 6 years ago 34 sec 4.3 -
A bird in the ground, along with black-rumped waxbills Locality Fathala Forest, Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2009 3 years ago 17 sec 4.2 -
A male in breeding plumage perched in two different bushes Locality Yundum, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp franciscanus)
Eldert Groenewoud 21 October 2005 5 years ago 34 sec 3.9 -
A male in breeding plumage, preening Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (ssp franciscanus)
Josep del Hoyo 29 August 2006 6 years ago 31 sec 3.8 -
birds in non-breeding plumage,the bird with the red bill is a red-billed quelea, also in non-breeding plumage Locality Tendaba, Lower River Division , The Gambia
Daniêl Jimenez 30 December 2011 1 year ago 17 sec 3.8
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Male Orange Bishop displaying to a female just out of shot.
Locality Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia (ssp franciscanus)
Steve Garvie 11 October 2008 3 years ago 4.8 -
Claming his territory
Locality Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia
Mattias Hofstede 1 November 2012 23 weeks ago 4.6 -
A male on the ground, in breeding plumage.
Locality Shambat, Khartoum, Khartoum State, Sudan
mohammmmad alamin khogaly... 22 weeks ago 4.3 -
Female / basic plumaged male
Locality Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuge, Puerto Rico
Paul A Guris 15 March 2012 1 year ago 4.3 -
Male-(breeding plumage) singing...
Locality Lamin Fields, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp franciscanus)
Michael Van Bosch 7 November 2005 3 years ago 4.2 -
a female finds food
Locality Sudan
mohammmmad alamin khogaly... 11 weeks ago 4.2
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