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White-winged widowbird

Euplectes albonotatus (Cassin, 1848)

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The white-winged widowbird (Euplectes albonotatus) is a species in the family Ploceidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 19.1 g to 23.2 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

White-winged widowbird (Euplectes albonotatus)
Photo: Renke Rommerskirchen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the white-winged widowbird

Weight
19.1 g – 23.2 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
2.9 – 3.2src 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

Where does the white-winged widowbird live?

Not recorded

What is the white-winged widowbird?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The white-winged widowbird (Euplectes albonotatus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae native to Africa south of the Sahara. It is highly sexually dimorphic in its breeding season, during which the male's yellow plumage turns dark and he gains more white feathers, contrasting with the female's predominantly pale coloration. Three subspecies are recognised.

From the Wikipedia article “White-winged widowbird” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White-winged_widowbird&oldid=1379674126), 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 white-winged widowbird endangered?

The white-winged widowbird 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 white-winged widowbird classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPloceidae
  6. genusEuplectes
  7. SpeciesEuplectes albonotatus (Cassin, 1848)

Synonyms Vidua albonotata

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • White-winged whydahEnglish
  • White-winged whydahEnglish
  • White-winged widow-birdEnglish
  • WWWIEnglish
  • WitvlerkflapAfrikaans
  • bisbe alablancCatalan
  • vida leskláCzech
  • gweddw adeinwenWelsh
  • Hvidvinget VidafinkeDanish
  • SpiegelwidaGerman
  • Spiegel-WidaGerman
  • SpiegelweberGerman
  • blankflugila teksbirdoEsperanto
  • Obispo aliblancoSpanish
  • valkosiipipiispaFinnish
  • Veuve à ailes blanchesFrench
  • Euplecte à épaules blanchesFrench
  • šarenokrila pletiljaCroatian
  • fehérszárnyú özvegypintyHungarian
  • Vedova alibiancheItalian
  • ハジロホウオウJapanese
  • baltasparnis aksominis audėjasLithuanian
  • SpiegelwidavinkDutch
  • hvitvingeveverNorwegian
  • wikłacz białoskrzydłyPolish
  • bispo-d'asa-brancaPortuguese
  • bispo-de-asa-brancaPortuguese
  • viúva-d'asa-brancaPortuguese
  • Viúva-de-asa-brancaPortuguese
  • Белокрылый ткачикRussian
  • Белокрылый бархатный ткачRussian
  • tkáčik zrkadlovýSlovak
  • Belokrila vidaSerbian
  • vitvingad vidafinkSwedish
  • Ak Kanatlı DulkuşuTurkish
  • вайдаг білокрилийUkrainian
  • 白翅寡婦鳥Chinese
  • 白翅巧织雀Chinese

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Relatives of the white-winged widowbird

Other species in the same genus Euplectes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the white-winged widowbird?

An adult white-winged widowbird weighs 19.1 g – 23.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the white-winged widowbird endangered?

The white-winged widowbird 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 white-winged widowbird?

The white-winged widowbird (Euplectes albonotatus) belongs to the family Ploceidae in the order Passeriformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). White-winged widowbird (Euplectes albonotatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-winged-widowbird

MLA

“White-winged widowbird (Euplectes albonotatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-winged-widowbird.

BibTeX
@misc{white_winged_widowbird_2026,
  title = {White-winged widowbird (Euplectes albonotatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-winged-widowbird},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}