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Passeriformes / Ploceidae / Euplectes

Long-tailed Widowbird

Euplectes progne

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (lotwid1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Euplectes

Subspecies (3)

Euplectes progne delacouri

Democratic Republic of the Congo to Angola and Zambia
Euplectes progne delamerei

locally in highlands of Kenya
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Botswana to Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and eastern Cape Province

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (lotwid1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.