White-winged Widowbird

Euplectes albonotatus (Cassin, 1848) — also called White-winged Whydah, White-winged Widow-bird, WWWI. Occurrence records of the White-winged Widowbird are shared on GBIF from around 44 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all OPM Prozesky Bird Sanctuary (834 records), in 5 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernPloceidae

44reserves with records

4 967records around them

5provinces

LCIUCN category

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

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
OPM Prozesky Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	NW North West	834
Roodeplaat Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	710
Eugene Marais ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	435
Kruin ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	430
Groenkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	429
Elephant Sanctuary HartbeespoortWildlife sanctuary	NW North West	312
Monkey SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	NW North West	312
Nylsvley Nature ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	232
Crocodile River ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	144
Silkaatsnek Nature ReserveNature reserve	NW North West	134
Bothongo Rhino & Lion Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	121
Sondela Nature ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	87
Marais DamNature reserve	GP Gauteng	82
Colbyn ValleyNature reserve	GP Gauteng	81
De Onderstepoort Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	73
Cheetah ExperienceWildlife sanctuary	LP Limpopo	72
Bolt's FarmProtected heritage site	GP Gauteng	64
D'nyala Nature ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	49
Somabula Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	49
Thaba MoririNature reserve	LP Limpopo	49
Cheetah RidgeWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	42
Madikwe Game ReserveGame reserve	NW North West	41
Kuschke Nature ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	27
Modjadji Nature ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	27
MakulekeProtected area	LP Limpopo	24
Bateleur Nature Reserve & Stamvrug Hiking TrailsNature reserve	LP Limpopo	15
Vergenoeg Nature Reserve & Hiking TrailNature reserve	NW North West	14
Umvoti Vlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	10
Kareekloof Game FarmPrivate game reserve	NW North West	10
Lydenburg NatuurreservaatNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	7
Combretum ParkNature reserve	LP Limpopo	7
Hanover PrivaatnatuurreserweNature reserve	LP Limpopo	6
Ditsong Tswaing Crater MuseumNature reserve	GP Gauteng	5
Gustav Kungbiel Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	4
Marico-Bosveld NatuurreservaatNature reserve	NW North West	4
Plovers LakeProtected heritage site	GP Gauteng	4
Blougat Municipal Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	3
Schoonspruit NatuurreservaatNature reserve	NW North West	3
Greater Kruger National ParkNational park	LP Limpopo	3
Bronkies Angling and Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	3
Carlsruhe Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve	GP Gauteng	3
KleinfonteinGame reserve	LP Limpopo	2
Percy Fyfe Nature ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	2
Vervet Monkey FoundationWildlife sanctuary	LP Limpopo	2

By province

Gauteng: 16 reserves
Limpopo: 15 reserves
North West: 9 reserves
Mpumalanga: 2 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 2 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Scientific name: Euplectes albonotatus
GBIF taxon: 2494091
Wikidata: Q603593

More of the Ploceidae family

Southern Masked Weaver Cape Weaver Southern Red Bishop Red-billed Quelea Village Weaver Spectacled Weaver Thick-billed Weaver Red-collared Widowbird Yellow Bishop Long-tailed Widowbird Fan-tailed Widowbird Dark-backed Weaver Yellow Weaver Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Scaly-feathered Weaver Red-headed Weaver Yellow-crowned Bishop Lesser Masked Weaver African Golden Weaver

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.