What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Northern Red Bishop been recorded?

Euplectes franciscanus occurrence evidence comes from 188 records in 13 countries and territories, from 1895 to 2025. Most records come from Uganda.

Northern Red Bishop
Northern Red Bishop — Photo (display-sized rendition): Luc Viatour · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesPloceidaeEuplectes

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

188 records across 13 countries and territories, 1895–2025.

Euplectes franciscanus · GBIF taxon key 2494086

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-24. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: October.

9 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18952025

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Northern Red Bishop has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Northern Red Bishop. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Uganda 69
United States 52
Senegal 25
Côte d'Ivoire 11
Ghana 11
Gambia 6
Puerto Rico 5
Ethiopia 2
Kenya 2
Belgium 1
Benin 1
Guinea-Bissau 1
Chad 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.