Zanzibar red bishop

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Zanzibar red bishop
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Captive at Butterfly World, Florida
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Euplectes
Species:
E. nigroventris
Binomial name
Euplectes nigroventris
Cassin, 1848

The Zanzibar red bishop (Euplectes nigroventris) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Kenya, Mozambique, and Tanzania.

Egg, Collection Museum Wiesbaden Euplectes nigroventris MWNH 1498.JPG
Egg, Collection Museum Wiesbaden

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Euplectes nigroventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22719191A94616805. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22719191A94616805.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.