Jackson's Widowbird

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Jackson's Widowbird

Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ploceidae
Genus:	Euplectes
Species:	E. jacksoni
Binomial name
*Euplectes jacksoni* (Sharpe, 1891)

The Jackson's Widowbird (Euplectes jacksoni) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and arable land. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

During mating season the male changes color and grows an tail, builds a nest in the grasslands and does a spectacular leaping fan-dance to woo the female. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zehh5i6TnAY

↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Euplectes jacksoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

v t e Family: Ploceidae

Genus	Species

Bubalornis	White-billed Buffalo Weaver (B. albirostris) Red-billed Buffalo Weaver (B. niger)

Dinemellia	White-headed Buffalo Weaver (D. dinemelli)

Sporopipes	Speckle-fronted Weaver (S. frontalis) Scaly-feathered Weaver (S. squamifrons)

Plocepasser	White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (P. mahali) Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver (P. superciliosus) Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver (P. rufoscapulatus) Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver (P. donaldsoni)

Histurgops	Rufous-tailed Weaver (H. ruficauda)

Pseudonigrita	Grey-capped Social Weaver (P. arnaudi) Black-capped Social Weaver (P. cabanisi)

Philetairus	Sociable Weaver (P. socius)

Ploceus	Compact Weaver (P. superciliosus) Black-chinned Weaver (P. nigrimentus) Baglafecht Weaver (P. baglafecht) Bertram's Weaver (P. bertrandi) Slender-billed Weaver (P. pelzelni) Loango Weaver (P. subpersonatus) Little Weaver (P. luteolus) Lesser Masked Weaver (P. intermedius) Spectacled Weaver (P. ocularis) Bannerman's Weaver (P. bannermani) Bates's Weaver (P. batesi) Black-necked Weaver (P. nigricollis) Black-billed Weaver (P. melanogaster) Strange Weaver (P. alienus) Bocage's Weaver (P. temporalis) Cape Weaver (P. capensis) Eastern Golden Weaver (P. subaureus) Holub's Golden Weaver (P. xanthops) Príncipe Weaver (Ploceus princeps) Orange Weaver (P. aurantius) Golden Palm Weaver (P. bojeri) Taveta Weaver (P. castaneiceps) Southern Brown-throated Weaver (P. xanthopterus) Northern Brown-throated Weaver (P. castanops) Kilombero Weaver (P. burnieri) Rüppell's Weaver or Rueppell's Weaver (P. galbula) Heuglin's Masked Weaver (P. heuglini) Northern Masked Weaver (P. taeniopterus) Vitelline Masked Weaver (P. vitellinus) Southern Masked Weaver (P. velatus) Katanga Masked Weaver P. katangae Lufira Masked Weaver (P. ruweti) Tanzanian Masked Weaver (P. reichardi) Village Weaver (P. cucullatus) Giant Weaver (P. grandis) Speke's Weaver (P. spekei) Fox's Weaver (P. spekeoides) Vieillot's Black Weaver (P. nigerrimus) Weyns's Weaver (P. weynsi) Clarke's Weaver (P. golandi) Black-headed Weaver (P. melanocephalus) Juba Weaver (P. dichrocephalus) Golden-backed Weaver (P. jacksoni) Cinnamon Weaver (P. badius) Chestnut Weaver (P. rubiginosus) Golden-naped Weaver (P. aureonucha) Yellow-mantled Weaver (P. tricolor) Maxwell's Black Weaver (P. albinucha) Nelicourvi Weaver (P. nelicourvi) Sakalava Weaver (P. sakalava) Streaked Weaver (P. manyar) Baya Weaver (P. philippinus) Asian Golden Weaver (P. hypoxanthus) Finn's Weaver (P. megarhynchus) Black-breasted Weaver (P. benghalensis) Dark-backed Weaver (P. bicolor) Preuss's Weaver (P. preussi) Yellow-capped Weaver (P. dorsomaculatus) Usambara Weaver (P. nicolli) Olive-headed Weaver (P. olivaceiceps) Brown-capped Weaver (P. insignis) Bar-winged Weaver (P. angolensis) São Tomé Weaver (P. sanctithomae) Yellow-legged Weaver (P. flavipes)

Pachyphantes	Compact Weaver (P. superciliosus)

Malimbus	Red-crowned Malimbe (M. coronatus) Cassin's Malimbe (M. cassini) Gola Malimbe (M. ballmanni) Rachel's Malimbe (M. racheliae) Red-vented Malimbe (M. scutatus) Ibadan Malimbe (M. ibadanensis) Red-bellied Malimbe (M. erythrogaster) Blue-billed Malimbe (M. nitens) Crested Malimbe (M. malimbicus) Red-headed Malimbe (M. rubricollis)

Anaplectes	Red-headed Weaver (A. rubriceps)

Brachycope	Bob-tailed Weaver (B. anomala)

Quelea	Cardinal Quelea (Q. cardinalis) Red-headed Quelea (Q. erythrops) Red-billed Quelea (Q. quelea)

Foudia	Red Fody (F. madagascariensis) Red-headed Fody (F. eminentissima) (Comoro Fody and Aldabra Fody if species spilt) Forest Fody (F. omissa) Mauritius Fody (F. rubra) Seychelles Fody (F. sechellarum) Rodrigues Fody (F. flavicans)

Euplectes	Yellow-crowned Bishop (E. afer) Fire-fronted Bishop (E. diadematus) Black Bishop (E. gierowii) Black-winged Red Bishop (E. hordeaceus) Northern Red Bishop or Orange Bishop (E. franciscanus) Southern Red Bishop or Red Bishop (E. orix) Zanzibar Red Bishop (E. nigroventris) Golden-backed Bishop (E. aureus) Yellow Bishop (E. capensis) Fan-tailed Widowbird (E. axillaris) Yellow-mantled Widowbird (E. macroura) White-winged Widowbird (E. albonotatus) Red-collared Widowbird (E. ardens) Marsh Widowbird (E. hartlaubi) Montane Widowbird (E. psammacromius) Long-tailed Widowbird (E. progne) Jackson's Widowbird (E. jacksoni)

Anomalospiza	Cuckoo Finch also called Parasitic Weaver (A. imberbis) (probably belongs in Viduidae)

Amblyospiza	Thick-billed Weaver (A. albifrons)

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