| Marsh widowbird | |
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| Male in Angola in breeding plumage | |
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| Specimen at Nairobi National Museum | |
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Euplectes |
| Species: | E. hartlaubi |
| Binomial name | |
| Euplectes hartlaubi (Barboza du Bocage, 1878) | |
The marsh widowbird or Hartlaub's widowbird (Euplectes hartlaubi) is a bird in the family Ploceidae. The species was first described by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage in 1878.
Range
It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
References
- BirdLife International (2018). "Euplectes hartlaubi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22719233A131992503. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22719233A131992503.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Craig, A. (2019). "Marsh Widowbird (Euplectes hartlaubi)". In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D. A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Euplectes hartlaubi |
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