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White-winged Widowbird
Euplectes albonotatus(Cassin, 1848)
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
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- West-central, east, south-central
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
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