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Passeriformes / Ploceidae / Euplectes

Black Bishop

Euplectes gierowii

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blabis1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Euplectes

Subspecies (3)

Euplectes gierowii ansorgei

Cameroon to Ethiopia and western Kenya
Euplectes gierowii friederichseni

southwestern Kenya to north-central Tanzania
Euplectes gierowii gierowii

northern Angola to southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blabis1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.