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White-winged Widowbird
Euplectes albonotatus(Cassin, 1848)
At a glance
The White-winged Widowbird, native to Australia.
- Origin
- Native
- Commonness
- Local
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The white-winged widowbird 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's yellow plumage turns dark and he gains more white feathers, contrasting with the female's predominantly pale coloration. Three subspecies are recognised.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a White-winged Widowbird?
The White-winged Widowbird is recorded across its Australian range mainly in January, April and October.
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