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Seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
 
Seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
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(E. m. macroura, male)
Photo by volker sthamer
Gambella, Ethiopia

Alternative name: Yellow-shouldered Widowbird

Euplectes macroura

Identification

Distribution

Africa.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

(E. m. macroura, male)
Photo by Glen Tepke
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Behaviour

(E. m. macroura, male)
Photo by Glen Tepke
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Behaviour

External Links

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