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title: "Spiegelwidavink"
description: "Euplectes albonotatus — Vogels. The white-winged widowbird (Euplectes albonotatus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae native to Africa south of the Sahara."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/white-winged-widowbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spiegelwidavink

> Euplectes albonotatus — Vogels. The white-winged widowbird (Euplectes albonotatus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae native to Africa south of the Sahara.

- Scientific name: *Euplectes albonotatus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 1151
- Wikidata: [Q603593](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q603593)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13965](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13965)

## Names

- en: White-winged Widowbird
- de: Spiegelwida
- es: Obispo Aliblanco
- fr: Euplecte à épaules blanches
- nl: Spiegelwidavink
- pt: Viúva-de-asa-branca
- pl: Wikłacz białoskrzydły

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (691), KE (94), TZ (51), ZM (35), ST (29), ZW (26), AO (11), MW (10), RW (9), SZ (8), UG (8), BW (5)

## Summary

The white-winged widowbird (Euplectes albonotatus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae native to Africa south of the Sahara. It is highly sexually dimorphic in its breeding season, during which the male's yellow plumage turns dark and he gains more white feathers, contrasting with the female's predominantly pale coloration. Three subspecies are recognised.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-winged_widowbird

## Photo

![Spiegelwidavink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-winged-widowbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kelly Abram · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/348664694

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-winged-widowbird?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).