Zanzibar red bishop

Zanzibar red bishop
Captive at Butterfly World, Florida
Scientific classification
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

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Euplectes nigroventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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