Fan-tailed Widowbird

When to see the Fan-tailed Widowbird

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Fan-tailed Widowbird

The map shades 18 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Fan-tailed Widowbird

The fan-tailed widowbird, 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.

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Easily confused with

Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardensSimilar to other widowbirds, male red-collared widowbirds have both seasonal and sexual dimorphism. White-winged WidowbirdEuplectes albonotatusThe white-winged widowbird is 15 to 19 cm (5.9–7.5 in) in length and about 23 g (0.81 oz) in weight. Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes aferThe yellow-crowned bishop is 95 to 105 mm (3.7–4.1 in) in length and 15 g (0.53 oz) in weight.