| Species: | Southern Red (Red) Bishop (Euplectes orix) |
| Location: | Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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| Running From: | 2014 |
| Ring Type: | Legring: colour combination |
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Project: Moult and energetics in three species from the Euplectes genus representing a gradient of elaborate plumage ornamentation.
Institutions: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Goal: Investigating the effect of moult and elaborate plumage ornamentation on the energetics of Red-collared widowbirds (Euplectes ardens), Fan-tailed widowbirds (Euplectes axillaris) and Southern red bishops (Euplectes orix).
Birders and members of the public are kindly asked to report ring colours.
Colour combinations:
Paper Pubished from this project
Ninnes et al. 2017. Are red bishops red enough? On the persistence of a generalized receiver bias in Euplectes. Behavioral Ecology, 28(1): 117-122.
