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Passeriformes / Ploceidae / Euplectes

Marsh Widowbird

Euplectes hartlaubi

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (marwid1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Euplectes

Subspecies (2)

Euplectes hartlaubi hartlaubi

Angola to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia
Euplectes hartlaubi humeralis

highlands of Nigeria to Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and western Kenya

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (marwid1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.