Marsh Widowbird

When to see the Marsh Widowbird

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Marsh Widowbird

The map shades 10 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in South Africa.

About the Marsh Widowbird

The marsh widowbird or Hartlaub's widowbird is a bird in the family Ploceidae. The species was first described by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage in 1878.

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Easily confused with

Montane WidowbirdEuplectes psammacromiusLike all widowbirds, the male and female plumages differ prominently during breeding season. Fire-fronted BishopEuplectes diadematusThe fire-fronted bishop is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. Golden-backed BishopEuplectes aureusThe golden-backed bishop is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.