Schildwida
| Schildwida | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg)
Schildwida ( Euplectes ardens ) |
||||||||||||
| Systematics | ||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
| Scientific name | ||||||||||||
| Euplectes ardens | ||||||||||||
| ( Boddaert , 1783) |
The Schildwida , Schild-Wida or Schildweber ( Euplectes ardens ) belongs within the family of weaver birds (Ploceidae) to the genus of fire weavers ( Euplectes ). The term "Schildweber" is used for another species of bird, the Malimbus scutatus .
features
The shield weaver is around 25 cm tall and weighs 20–26 g, the female is slightly smaller and lighter. The bird has a strong, conical, dark gray beak, black eyes and dark legs. The male is black in its splendid plumage with yellow feather edges on the wing and a red to orange-red band of various dimensions and a long black tail. In a simple dress he is ocher-colored like the female, with light stripes over the eyes, blackish, ocher-colored striped on the top and short-tailed.
distribution and habitat
The habitat includes different habitats including open or bush-covered grasslands, grain fields rather dry, from sea level to 3000 m.
The following subspecies can be distinguished:
-
E. a. ardens (
Boddaert , 1863), nominate form, in the south of Mali and Sudan , in the north of Guinea , Liberia and the Ivory Coast , in Sierra Leone , in the southwest of Niger , in Nigeria , Cameroon , in the Central African Republic , in the south of the Republic of the Congo , in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , in Angola , Uganda , in western Kenya , in Tanzania to Zambia , Malawi , Mozambique , Zimbabwe , Swaziland , in the lowlands of Lesotho and in eastern South Africa .
- ssp. E. a. ardens tropicus ( Reichenow , 1904), red to orange-red band between throat and chest, in southwest Uganda and in Tanzania
- E. a. laticauda ( MHC Lichtenstein , 1823), In the highlands of Ethiopia , Eritrea and in the southeast of Sudan
- E. a. suahelicus ( van Someren , 1921), red chest band stretched over the cap like a headscarf, in the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania
Further
nutrition
Schildwida feed on grass seeds such as sorghum , guinea grass , and others.
Reproduction
The breeding season in Sierra Leone is between October and November, in Liberia between September and October, in Nigeria and Cameroon between September and November.
Hazardous situation
The Schildwida is not considered to be endangered ( least concern ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Handbook of the Birds of the World
- ↑ Avibase Euplectes ardens
- ^ A b c d e T. Stevenson, J. Fanshawe: Birds of East Africa. Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi ,. Princeton University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-691-12665-8 .
- ↑ Avibase Euplectes ardens tropicus
- ↑ Avibase Euplectes ardens concolor
- ↑ Euplectes ardens in the IUCN 2016-3 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: BirdLife International, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
