Yellow-mantled Widowbird / Euplectes macroura LC
- Synonyms Yellow-shouldered Whydah, Yellowbacked Widow, Yellow-shouldered Widow-bird, Yellow shouldered Widowbird, Yellow-shouldered Widowbird, Yellow-backed Widowbird, Yellow-mantled Whydah, Yellow-backed Widow
- Old latin name for bird Euplectes macrourus, Loxia macroura, Loxia longicauda
Yellow-mantled Widowbirdbird sounds *
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API
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Where to see Yellow-mantled Widowbird
- Breeding region Africa
- Breeding subregion w, c, e, se
- Angola
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Yellow-mantled Widowbird subspecies (3)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Euplectes macroura conradsi | Ukerewe I. in Lake Victoria | - | No |
| Euplectes macroura macrocercus | Ethiopia, Uganda and w Kenya | - | No |
| Euplectes macroura macroura | Senegal and Gambia to s Sudan and sw Kenya and s to Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe and w Mozambique | - | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Geelrugflap |
| Catalan | Teixidor d'espatlles grogues, bisbe de dors groc |
| Chinese | 黄肩巧织雀 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 黃肩寡婦鳥 |
| Croatian | kudrava pletilja |
| Czech | vida dlouhoocasá, Prádelník žlutohrbetý |
| Danish | Gulrygget Vidafinke |
| Dutch | Geelrugwidavink |
| Finnish | keltaselkäpiispa |
| French | Euplecte à dos d'or, Euplecte à dos d’or, Veuve à dos d'or |
| German | Gelbschulter-Wida, Gelbschulterwida, Gelbschulterweber |
| Hungarian | sárgapalástú özvegypinty |
| Italian | Vedova spallegialle, Vedova dorsodorato |
| Japanese | キガタホウオウ |
| Lithuanian | geltonpetis aksominis audėjas |
| Maltese | għasfura armla tal-mantell isfar |
| Norwegian | gulkappevever |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Gulkappevevar |
| Polish | Wikłacz płoszczowy, wiklacz plaszczowy, wikłacz płaszczowy, Wikłacz epoletowy |
| Portuguese | Viúva-de-manto-amarelo, bispo-de-dorso-amarelo |
| Russian | Желтоплечий бархатный ткач, Желтоплечий ткачик |
| Serbian | Žutoramena vida |
| Slovak | tkácik žltochrbtý, tkáčik žltochrbtý |
| Slovenian | Golovrati mišak |
| Spanish | Obispo de Manto Amarillo, Obispo dorsiamarillo |
| Swahili | Kweche Mgongo-njano |
| Swedish | Gulryggad vidafink, gulryggig vidafink |
| Turkish | Sarı Sırtlı Dulkuşu |
| Ukrainian | вайдаг жовтоплечий |