Flame Wida
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Flame Wida ( Euplectes hordeaceus ) |
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The Flame Wida ( Euplectes hordeaceus ) is a species from the family of weaver birds (Ploceidae). The species is occasionally kept as an ornamental bird in Europe. More often, however, this gregarious species is kept in zoological gardens.
description
The Flammen-Wida reaches a body length of 12 centimeters. The male has a black face, chin and back chest. The belly, the wing covers, the wings and the tail feathers are also black. The forehead, skull, neck and a broad chest band are bright red. The female is much less conspicuous in color. The plumage is gray-brown with dark dashes on the top. The chest and flanks are yellowish.
Males advertise their nests with courtship flights. A male is often paired with two to three females. The clutches are blue-green. The breeding season is 12 days. The nestling period is 15 to 17 days. The male parent bird only has a very small share in rearing.
The distribution area of the flame weaver extends from Senegal to Ethiopia. To the south it extends from Mozambique and Angola. The habitat are savannahs, where it occurs mainly in grass and reed forests. But it also uses sugar cane and corn fields as habitat.
literature
- Horst Bielfeld : Knowing and caring for 300 ornamental birds. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-8001-5737-2 .
Web links
- Euplectes hordeaceus inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2013.