Yellow-mantled Widowbird bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsYellow-shouldered Widow-bird, Yellow-shouldered Whydah, Yellow-backed Widow, Yellowbacked Widow, Yellow-mantled Whydah, Yellow-backed Widowbird, Yellow-shouldered Widowbird, Yellow shouldered Widowbird
Old latin name for birdLoxia macroura, Loxia longicauda, Euplectes macrourus
OrderPerching birds / Passeriformes
FamilyWeavers, Widowbirds / Ploceidae
GenusEuplectes
Breeding regionAfrica
Breeding subregionw, c, e, se

Yellow-mantled Widowbird bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Song, © Peter Ward
    Zimbabwe
  • 2.
    Call, © Dries Van de Loock
    Zambia
  • 3.
    Call, © Bram Piot
    Zambia
  • 4.
    Call, male, © Bram Piot
    Congo (Democratic Republic)
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Yellow-mantled Widowbird

Yellow-mantled Widowbird subspecies (3)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Euplectes macroura conradsiUkerewe I. in Lake Victoria-No
Euplectes macroura macrocercusEthiopia, Uganda and w Kenya-No
Euplectes macroura macrouraSenegal and Gambia to s Sudan and sw Kenya and s to Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe and w Mozambique-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansGeelrugflap
Catalanbisbe de dors groc, Teixidor d'espatlles grogues
Chinese黄肩巧织雀
Chinese (Traditional)黃肩寡婦鳥
Croatiankudrava pletilja
Czechvida dlouhoocasá, Prádelník žlutohrbetý
DanishGulrygget Vidafinke
DutchGeelrugwidavink
Finnishkeltaselkäpiispa
FrenchEuplecte à dos d'or, Euplecte à dos d’or, Veuve à dos d'or
GermanGelbschulterweber, Gelbschulterwida, Gelbschulter-Wida
Hungariansárgapalástú özvegypinty
ItalianVedova spallegialle, Vedova dorsodorato
Japaneseキガタホウオウ
Lithuaniangeltonpetis aksominis audėjas
Maltesegħasfura armla tal-mantell isfar
Norwegiangulkappevever, Gulkappevever
Norwegian NynorskGulkappevevar
PolishWikłacz epoletowy, Wikłacz płoszczowy, wikłacz płaszczowy, wiklacz plaszczowy
Portugueseviúva-de-manto-amarelo, bispo-de-dorso-amarelo, bispo-de-manto-amarelo
RussianЖелтоплечий бархатный ткач, Желтоплечий ткачик
SerbianŽutoramena vida
Slovaktkácik žltochrbtý, tkáčik žltochrbtý
SlovenianGolovrati mišak
SpanishObispo de Manto Amarillo, Obispo dorsiamarillo
SwahiliKweche Mgongo-njano
Swedishgulryggig vidafink, Gulryggad vidafink
TurkishSarı Sırtlı Dulkuşu
Ukrainianвайдаг жовтоплечий