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Southern Red Bishop
Euplectes orix · Family Ploceidae
Euplectes orix
Family Ploceidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Ploceidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 388,008
- Countries and territories with records
- 59
About this species
This species has 388,008 occurrence records from 59 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (92.2%), Zimbabwe (1.8%) and Namibia (1.1%); together they account for 95.2% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.9% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Euplectes orix combines the genus name Euplectes with the species epithet orix. The Warbla app catalog lists 17 species of the genus Euplectes; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Euplectes progne, Euplectes ardens and Euplectes axillaris.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 96 species of the family Ploceidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ploceus velatus. Its record count is 10 times the family average (38,689). The family Ploceidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.