About Euplectes albonotatus (Cassin, 1848)
The white-winged widowbird (scientific name Euplectes albonotatus (Cassin, 1848)) measures 15 to 19 cm (5.9–7.5 in) in length and weighs approximately 23 g (0.81 oz). Within its native region, the male is the only short-tailed widowbird that has white coloring on its coverts. Breeding males can be distinguished from yellow-mantled widowbirds by their shorter tail, distinct wing color, lack of yellow markings on the back, and paler bill. Female white-winged widowbirds have pale pale underparts. This species is distributed across Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Eswatini, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, São Tomé, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It prefers to live in savanna, grasslands, wetlands, and cultivated land. The species' calls are described as "zeh-zeh-zeh" and "witz-witz-witz".
