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Photo by Tom Tarrant
Bigodi Swamp, Uganda, December 2005

Euplectes gierowii

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania

[edit] Taxonomy

There are 3 subspecies:

• E. g. ansorgei:

• Cameroon to Ethiopia and western Kenya

• E. g. friederichseni:

• South-western Kenya to north-central Tanzania

• E. g. gierowii:

• Northern Angola to south-western Zaire

[edit] Habitat

Papyrus Swamps,

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

[edit] External Links