- Fan-tailed Widowbird
Taxobox
name = Fan-tailed Widowbird
image_caption = Female or juvenile "Euplectes axillaris phoeniceus"
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Ploceidae
genus = "Euplectes "
species = "E. axillaris"
binomial = "Euplectes axillaris"
binomial_authority = (Smith, 1838)
synonyms = The Fan-tailed Widowbird ("Euplectes axillaris") is a species ofbird in thePloceidae family.It is found inAngola ,Botswana ,Burundi ,Cameroon ,Central African Republic ,Chad ,Republic of the Congo ,Democratic Republic of the Congo ,Ethiopia ,Kenya ,Lesotho ,Malawi ,Mali ,Mozambique ,Namibia ,Niger ,Nigeria ,Rwanda ,Somalia ,South Africa ,Sudan ,Swaziland ,Tanzania ,Uganda ,Zambia , andZimbabwe .References
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/53249/all Euplectes axillaris] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
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