Fan-tailed Widowbird
Euplectes axillaris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPloceidae (Weavers and Allies)
- GenusEuplectes (Bishops and Widowbirds)
- SpeciesEuplectes axillaris (Fan-tailed Widowbird)
Closest Relatives at Lake Manyara National Park
Black Bishop
Euplectes gierowii
Red Bishop
Euplectes orix
Black-winged Bishop
Euplectes hordeaceus
White-winged Widowbird
Euplectes albonotatus
Yellow-rumped Widowbird
Euplectes capensis
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Euplectes afer
Red-billed Quelea
Quelea quelea
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Ploceus vitellinus
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Ploceus intermedius
Baglafecht Weaver
Ploceus baglafecht
Grosbeak Weaver
Amblyospiza albifrons
Chestnut Weaver
Ploceus rubiginosus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Fan-tailed Widowbird at Lake Manyara National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there