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Black-winged red bishop

Euplectes hordeaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The black-winged red bishop (Euplectes hordeaceus) is a species in the family Ploceidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 18.4 g to 25.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Black-winged red bishop (Euplectes hordeaceus)
Photo: Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the black-winged red bishop

Weight
18.4 g – 25.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the black-winged red bishop

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Black-winged red bishop (Euplectes hordeaceus)
gisela gerson lohman-braun · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the black-winged red bishop live?

Not recorded

What is the black-winged red bishop?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The black-winged red bishop (Euplectes hordeaceus), formerly known in southern Africa as the fire-crowned bishop, is a resident breeding bird species in tropical Africa from Senegal to Sudan and south to Angola, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

From the Wikipedia article “Black-winged red bishop” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black-winged_red_bishop&oldid=1314163294), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the black-winged red bishop endangered?

The black-winged red bishop is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the black-winged red bishop classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPloceidae
  6. genusEuplectes
  7. SpeciesEuplectes hordeaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Euplectes flammiceps, Loxia hordeacea

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • Black-winged bishopEnglish
  • BWBIEnglish
  • Fire-crowned bishopEnglish
  • VuurkopvinkAfrikaans
  • bisbe alanegreCatalan
  • snovač ohnivýCzech
  • FlammevæverDanish
  • FeuerweberGerman
  • Flammen-WidaGerman
  • FlammenweberGerman
  • FlammenwidaGerman
  • nigraflugila teksbirdoEsperanto
  • Obispo alinegroSpanish
  • tulikauluspiispaFinnish
  • Euplecte monseigneurFrench
  • crnokrila pletiljaCroatian
  • lángszínű szövőmadárHungarian
  • Vescovo alinereItalian
  • Vescovo corona rossaItalian
  • ベニビタイキンランチョウJapanese
  • juodasparnis aksominis audėjasLithuanian
  • RoodvoorhoofdweverDutch
  • svartvingebispNorwegian
  • wikłacz czarnoskrzydłyPolish
  • bispo-d'asa-pretaPortuguese
  • Bispo-de-coroa-vermelhaPortuguese
  • bispo-vermelho-de-asa-negraPortuguese
  • Cardeal-coroa-de-fogoPortuguese
  • Saia-blusaPortuguese
  • Чернокрылый ткачикRussian
  • Чернокрылый огненный бархатный ткачRussian
  • tkáčik ohnivýSlovak
  • Plameni biskupSerbian
  • svartvingad eldvävareSwedish
  • Kara Kanatlı PiskoposTurkish
  • вайдаг чорнокрилийUkrainian
  • 黑翅巧织雀Chinese
  • 黑翅紅色寡婦鳥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the black-winged red bishop

Other species in the same genus Euplectes.

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Common questions

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How big is the black-winged red bishop?

An adult black-winged red bishop weighs 18.4 g – 25.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the black-winged red bishop endangered?

The black-winged red bishop is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the black-winged red bishop?

The black-winged red bishop (Euplectes hordeaceus) belongs to the family Ploceidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{black_winged_red_bishop_2026,
  title = {Black-winged red bishop (Euplectes hordeaceus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-winged-red-bishop},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}