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Alternative name: Red Bishop

Male and female
Photo by Mybs
Plattekloof Hill, near Cape Town, South Africa

Euplectes orix

Identification

13-15 cm
Breeding Male

Orange to scarlet head, back and undertail coverts
Black facial mask
Black belly

Distribution

Found in East and South Africa in eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, southern Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho.
Introduced populations exist, eg. in Andalucia (Spain).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
Several subspecies have been described (eg sundevalli or nigrifrons), however this species varies clinally in size.

Habitat

Open country, tall grassland, near water.

Behaviour

Breeding

Its nest is spherical and woven, and is situated in tall grass. It lays 2 - 4 eggs.

Diet

It feeds on seed, grain and some insects.

Vocalisation

Call: a thin tsip

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2015)

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Southern Red Bishop. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Southern_Red_Bishop

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 *Black belly
 ==Distribution==
-[[Africa]] south of the Sahara Desert.<br />
+Found in East and South Africa in eastern parts of the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] to [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], southern [[Kenya]], [[Tanzania]], [[Angola]], [[Zambia]], [[Malawi]], [[Namibia]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[Mozambique]], [[Botswana]], [[South Africa]], [[Swaziland]] and [[Lesotho]].<br />
 Introduced populations exist, eg. in Andalucia ([[Spain]]).
 ==Taxonomy==
-''Euplectes orix'' has three subspecies:<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>
+This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species.<br />
-*''E. o. nigrifrons''
+Several subspecies have been described (eg ''sundevalli'' or ''nigrifrons''), however this species varies clinally in size.
-:*Eastern [[Zaire]] to [[Uganda]], [[Kenya]], [[Tanzania]], [[Malawi]] and [[Mozambique]]
-*''E. o. orix''
-:*Southern [[Angola]] to [[Namibia]], [[Botswana]], [[Mozambique]] and Northern Cape Province
-*''E. o. sundevalli''
-:*[[Zimbabwe]] to southern [[Mozambique]] and north-eastern [[South Africa]]
 ==Habitat==
 Open country, tall grassland, near water.
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 '''Call''': a thin ''tsip''
 ==References==
-# Clements JF. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2015)
 {{ref}}
 ==External Links==
 {{GSearch|Euplectes+orix}}
 [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Euplectes]]