Genus: Euplectes (bishops and widows)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria > Dinosauria (dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) > Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves (birds) > Order: Passeriformes > Family: Ploceidae

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Euplectes afer (Yellow-crowned bishop, Golden bishop)
Euplectes albonotatus (White-winged widowbird, White-winged widow)
Euplectes ardens (Red-collared widowbird, Red-collared widow)
Euplectes axillaris (Fan-tailed widowbird, Red-shouldered widow)
Euplectes capensis (Yellow bishop, Cape Bishop, Cape Widow, Yellow-rumped widow)
Euplectes hordeaceus (Black-winged bishop, Fire-crowned bishop)
Euplectes macrourus (Yellow-mantled widowbird, Yellow-backed widow)
Euplectes orix (Southern red bishop, Red bishop)
Euplectes progne (Long-tailed widowbird, Long-tailed widow)