Red-collared Widowbird

Taxobox
name = Red-collared Widowbird


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Ploceidae
genus = "Euplectes"
species = "E. ardens"
binomial = "Euplectes ardens"
binomial_authority = (Boddaert, 1783)
synonyms = The Red-collared Widowbird ("Euplectes ardens") is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

ource

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/53252/all Euplectes ardens] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 25 July 2007.