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Euplectes
''Euplectes'' is a genus of passerine bird in the Ploceidae, weaver family, Ploceidae, that contains the bishops and widowbirds. They are all native to Africa south of the Sahara. It is believed that all birds in the genus are probably polygyny in animals, polygynous. The genus ''Euplectes'' was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1829 with the southern red bishop as the type species. The name combines the Ancient Greek ''eu'' meaning "fine" or "good" with the Neo-Latin ''plectes'' meaning "weaver". When choosing their mates, females within this genus will often choose males with longer tail lengths, even in species with comparatively shorter tail lengths. Species The genus contains 18 species. Aviculture The yellow-crowned bishop and northern red bishop are popular in aviculture. References External links * * Euplectes, Bird genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by William Swainson {{Ploceidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euplectes Aureus Cropped
''Euplectes'' is a genus of passerine bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae, that contains the bishops and widowbirds. They are all native to Africa south of the Sahara. It is believed that all birds in the genus are probably polygynous. The genus ''Euplectes'' was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1829 with the southern red bishop as the type species. The name combines the Ancient Greek ''eu'' meaning "fine" or "good" with the Neo-Latin ''plectes'' meaning "weaver". When choosing their mates, females within this genus will often choose males with longer tail lengths, even in species with comparatively shorter tail lengths. Species The genus contains 18 species. Aviculture The yellow-crowned bishop and northern red bishop are popular in aviculture Aviculture is the practice of keeping and breeding birds, especially of wild birds in captivity. Aviculture Aviculture is the practice of keeping birds (class '' Aves'') in captivity in controlled cond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ploceidae
Ploceidae is a family of small passerine birds, many of which are called weavers, weaverbirds, weaver finches, or bishops. These names come from the nests of intricately woven vegetation created by birds in this family. In most recent classifications, the Ploceidae are a clade that excludes some birds that have historically been placed in the family, such as some of the Old World sparrow, sparrows, but which includes the monotypic subfamily Amblyospizinae. The family is believed to have originated in the mid-Miocene. All birds of the Ploceidae are native to the Old World, most in Africa south of the Sahara, though a few live in tropical areas of Asia. A few species have been Introduced species, introduced outside their native range. Taxonomy and systematics The family Ploceidae was introduced (as Ploceïdes) by Swedish zoologist Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1836. Phylogenetic studies have shown that the family is sister taxon, sister to a clade containing the families Viduidae and Estr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Red Bishop
The northern red bishop or orange bishop (''Euplectes franciscanus'') is a small passerine bird in the family Ploceidae. It is part of the largest genus in the family with over 60 different species.Arkhipov, Vladimir Yu, Leon A Bennun, David Brewer et al. 2010. Handbook of Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions. (15): 74-78. Its sister species is the Southern red bishop (''Euplectes orix''). This species is most recognizable by the bright reddish orange with contrasting black plumage displayed by the breeding male. It is most common throughout the northern African continent but has also been introduced to areas in the western hemisphere. Taxonomy and systematics The northern red bishop was first described by Paul Erdmann Isert in 1789 in Accra, Ghana.Northern Red Bishop - ''Euplectes Franciscanus''. ''Avibase'', https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=3D12284957400BDC. ''Euplectes'' directly translates to “good weaver,” while ''franciscanus'' relates to the Franciscans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow-crowned Bishop
The yellow-crowned bishop (''Euplectes afer'') is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae native to Africa south of the Sahara. It is highly sexually dimorphic in its breeding season, during which the male adopts a distinctive yellow and black plumage, contrasting with the female's predominantly brown coloration. Four subspecies are recognised. Taxonomy The yellow-crowned bishop was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's ''Systema Naturae''. He placed it with the crossbills in the genus ''Loxia'' and coined the binomial name ''Loxia afra''. The specific epithet is from Latin ''afer'' meaning "Africa". Gmelin based his account on the "Black-bellied grossbeak" that had been described and illustrated in 1776 by the English naturalist Peter Brown. Gmelin specified the location as Africa but this was restricted to Senegal by Claude Grant and Cyril Mackworth-Praed in 1944. The yello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euplectes Afer
The yellow-crowned bishop (''Euplectes afer'') is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae native to Africa south of the Sahara. It is highly sexual dimorphism, sexually dimorphic in its breeding season, during which the male adopts a distinctive yellow and black plumage, contrasting with the female's predominantly brown coloration. Four subspecies are recognised. Taxonomy The yellow-crowned bishop was Species description, formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's ''Systema Naturae''. He placed it with the crossbills in the genus ''Loxia'' and coined the binomial nomenclature, binomial name ''Loxia afra''. The specific epithet is from Latin ''afer'' meaning "Africa". Gmelin based his account on the "Black-bellied grossbeak" that had been described and illustrated in 1776 by the English naturalist Peter Brown (naturalist), Peter Brown. Gmelin specified the type location (biology), lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Bishop
The black bishop (''Euplectes gierowii'') is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae native to Africa south of the Sahara. Three subspecies are recognised. Taxonomy The black bishop was first described by the German Ornithology, ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1880 and named after H. Gierow, a Swedish explorer and collector in Angola. It is sometimes placed with ''E. aureus'' and ''E. hordeaceus'' in a separate genus, ''Groteiplectes''. A study of the molecular Phylogenetics, phylogeny of Euplectes, bishops and widowbirds published in 2008 found that it formed part of a clade along with the fire-fronted bishop (''E. diadematus''), black-winged red bishop (''E. hordeaceus''), northern red bishop (''E. franciscanus''), southern red bishop (''E. orix''), Zanzibar red bishop (''E. nigroventris'') and red-collared widowbird (''E. ardens''). An alternate common name is Gierow's bishop. Subspecies Three subspecies of the black bishop are now recognized. * ''E. g. anso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
