Black bishop

For other uses, see Black bishop (disambiguation).

Black bishop
Male in Bigodi Swamp, Uganda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Euplectes
Species:
E. gierowii
Binomial name
Euplectes gierowii
Cabanis, 1880
Synonyms

Pyromelana ansorgei
Euplectes friederichseni

The black bishop (Euplectes gierowii) is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae native to Africa south of the Sahara.[2] Three subspecies are recognised.

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