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Long-tailed Widowbird
Euplectes progne · Family Ploceidae
Euplectes progne
Family Ploceidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Ploceidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 108,935
- Countries and territories with records
- 19
About this species
This species has 108,935 occurrence records from 19 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (96.7%) and Kenya (2.1%); together they account for 98.7% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.26% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Euplectes progne combines the genus name Euplectes with the species epithet progne. The Warbla app catalog lists 17 species of the genus Euplectes; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Euplectes orix, Euplectes ardens and Euplectes axillaris.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 96 species of the family Ploceidae. This species ranks 9th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ploceus velatus. Its record count is 2.8 times the family average (38,689). The family Ploceidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.