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Passeriformes / Ploceidae / Euplectes

Red-cowled Widowbird

Euplectes laticauda

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (recwid2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Euplectes

Subspecies (2)

Euplectes laticauda laticauda

highlands of eastern South Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia
Euplectes laticauda suahelicus

highlands of Kenya and northeastern Tanzania

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (recwid2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.