What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Southern Red Bishop been recorded?

Euplectes orix occurrence evidence comes from 484 records in 20 countries and territories, from 1864 to 2026. Most records come from South Africa.

Southern Red Bishop
Southern Red Bishop — Photo (display-sized rendition): Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesPloceidaeEuplectes

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

484 records across 20 countries and territories, 1864–2026.

Euplectes orix · GBIF taxon key 2494088

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

11 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.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. 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

18642026

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

Where Southern Red Bishop has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Southern 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
South Africa 296
Ethiopia 48
Uganda 32
Mozambique 21
Ghana 17
Tanzania 13
United States 12
Zimbabwe 12
Angola 7
Namibia 5
Malawi 4
Botswana 3
DR Congo 3
ZZ 3
Rwanda 2
SZ 2
Belgium 1
Kenya 1
Niger 1
Puerto Rico 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.