Fan-tailed Widowbird
The fan-tailed widowbird (Euplectes axillaris), also known as the red-shouldered widowbird, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae, which is native to grassy and swampy areas of the tropical and subtropical Afrotropics. == Range == It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. == Races == There are five accepted races: E. a. subsp. bocagei (Sharpe, 1871) – West Africa from Mali to CAR and DRC, and southwards to the Caprivi Strip, Okavango and upper Zambezi regions. E. a. subsp. phoeniceus (Heuglin, 1862) – East Africa (Sudan to upland Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi) E. a. subsp. traversii (Salvadori, 1888) – Ethiopian Highlands E. a. subsp. zanzibaricus (Shelley, 1881) – African east coast (Somalia to Tanzania) E. a. subsp. axillaris (A.Smith, 1838) – southeastern Africa (lowland Malawi to eastern South Africa)
Virunga National Park
Uganda
+132 birds+30 mammals
Where the Rwenzori Mountains pierce the equatorial sky and volcanic slopes descend toward the Congo Basin, one of Africa’s most […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLake Mburo National Park
Uganda
+124 birds+30 mammals
Dawn breaks across a mosaic of acacia woodland, papyrus swamps, and open grassland where Uganda’s southwestern savanna meets the edge […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKitulo National Park
Tanzania
+94 birds+15 mammals
Where the Southern Highlands of Tanzania rise above the clouds, rolling montane grasslands sweep across a landscape sculpted by water […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNgorongoro Conservation Area
Tanzania
+123 birds+30 mammals
Where the East African plateau drops away into a vast amphitheatre of volcanic splendour, a 600-square-kilometre caldera cradles one of […]
VIEW WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAMabamba Swamp
Memere, Uganda
150+ birds
Where papyrus stands shoulder-high and water mirrors an infinite sky, one of Africa’s most biodiverse wetland systems unfolds across 283 […]
VIEW NATURE RESERVEIthala Game Reserve
uPhongolo Local Municipality, South Africa
+133 birds+29 mammals
Where granite ridges thrust upward through acacia woodland, the landscape shifts between intimate valleys and sweeping grasslands across nearly 500 […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKZiwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch
Nakasongola, Uganda
+131 birds+17 mammals
Where papyrus wetlands merge into sprawling savanna, Uganda’s central landscape opens into one of East Africa’s most vital rhino recovery […]
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