Black Bishop

Euplectes gierowii - Euplecte de Gierow

Euplecte de Gierow
♂
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Plocéidés

  • Genus
    :

    Euplectes

  • Species
    :

    gierowii

Descriptor

Cabanis, 1880

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 15 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 22 à 36 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Euplecte de Gierow
♂ adult plum. breeding
Euplecte de Gierow
♂ adult plum. post breeding

Black Bishop (Euplectes gierowii) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Euplectes gierowii gierowii (sw DRCongo and nw Angola)
  • Euplectes gierowii ansorgei (Cameroon to s Sudan, sw Ethiopia, Uganda and w Kenya)
  • Euplectes gierowii friederichseni (s Kenya and n Tanzania)

Foreign names

  • Euplecte de Gierow,
  • Obispo negro,
  • bispo-preto,
  • Bischofsweber,
  • Zwarte Vuurwever,
  • Vescovo nero,
  • orangekragad eldvävare,
  • Ildkragebisp,
  • tkáčik biskupský,
  • snovač Gierowův,
  • Angolaildvæver,
  • kultakauluspiispa,
  • bisbe de Gierow,
  • wikłacz kryzowany,
  • Чёрный огненный бархатный ткач,
  • クロキンランチョウ,
  • 黑巧织雀,
  • 黑寡婦鳥,

Voice song and cries

Euplecte de Gierow
♂ adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Euplecte de Gierow
♂ adult plum. post breeding

Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

QRcode Euplecte de Gierow
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