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Euplectes albonotatus

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[edit] Identification

Length 15 cm.

Adult breeding male: Black with a blue-grey bill, yellow and white shoulder; white wing panels in flight.

[edit] Distribution

Sub-Saharan Africa; Sudan and Ethiopia to South Africa.

[edit] Taxonomy

Euplectes albonotatus has four subspecies.¹

• E. a. eques

• Sudan to s Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania
• Browner shoulder patch

• E. a. sassii

• Extreme ne Zaire, Rwanda and Burundi

• E. a. asymmetrurus

• Gabon to Angola and extreme ne Namibia
• Male with a longer tail than other subspecies

• E. a. albonotatus

• SE Zaire to Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and ne Cape Province

[edit] Habitat

Tall grassland with bushes, including tall grass in road verges and old lands; often moist or marshy areas.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2008. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

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