White-winged Widowbird
Euplectes albonotatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPloceidae (Weavers and Allies)
- GenusEuplectes (Bishops and Widowbirds)
- SpeciesEuplectes albonotatus (White-winged Widowbird)
The white-winged widowbird (Euplectes albonotatus) 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. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Moremi Game Reserve
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Euplectes axillaris
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Euplectes afer
Red Bishop
Euplectes orix
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Bubalornis niger
Red-billed Quelea
Quelea quelea
Southern Masked Weaver
Ploceus velatus
Holub's Golden-Weaver
Ploceus xanthops
Red-headed Weaver
Anaplectes rubriceps
Scaly Weaver
Sporopipes squamifrons
Village Weaver
Ploceus cucullatus
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Ploceus intermedius
Southern Brown-throated Weaver
Ploceus xanthopterus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of White-winged Widowbird at Moremi Game Reserve — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there