I photographed this beautiful little weaver-bird in the walk-in aviary in the Bloedel
Conservatory on Little Mountain in Vancouver back in December 1997.
I have been trying hard to identify it and I am almost certain it is one of the Bishops of the genus Euplectes, but I am unable to pin it down to a species. Can anybody help?
Here is the bird a colourful male and the next picture will show what I believe is a female of the same species,
Kennedy
here is what I think is the female of the same species
Sorry, can't help, bishops aren't covered in any of my books :-(
Resin
Try Orange Weaver ...Ploceus aurantius or another in that Genus.
Orange Weaver
OldNed,
that picture looks very close, but when I search for other images on the net, I find all others look very different, like this: http://animalpicturesarchive.com/view.php?tid=6&did=780
I will pursue that (rather large) genus further, but I don't think it is Ploceus aurantius
Ken
Maybe Euplectes franciscanus or E. orix (?)
An article in a cage-bird site mentioned that the red/crimson color on many Bishops and Weavers will change to yellow over (captivity) time. The color change has to do with a feed deficiency
I finally managed to identify this one, it is the Crimson-crowned Weaver or Black-winged Red Bishop - Euplectes hordeacea illustrated low down on this page: http://www.finchinfo.com/birds/finches/species/red_bishop_orange_weaver.php
