  the black-winged red bishop (euplectes hordeaceus), formerly known in southern africa as the fire-crowned bishop, is a resident breeding bird species in tropical africa from senegal to sudan and south to angola, tanzania, zimbabwe and mozambique. this common weaver occurs in a range of open country, especially tall grassland and often near water. it builds a spherical woven nest in tall grass. 2-4 eggs are laid. the black-winged red bishop is a stocky 13â15&nbsp;cm bird. the breeding male is scarlet apart from his black face, belly and wings and brown tail. the conical bill is thick and black. he displays prominently, singing high-pitched twitters from tall grass, puffing out his feathers or performing a slow hovering display flight. the non-breeding male is yellow-brown, streaked above and shading to whitish below. it has a whitish supercilium. it resembles non-breeding male northern red bishop, but is darker and has black wings. females are similar, but paler. young birds have wider pale fringes on their flight feathers. the black-winged red bishop is a gregarious species which feeds on seed, grain and some insects. ==references==   * birds of the gambia by barlow, wacher and disley, isbn 1-873403-32-1 ==external links== * (black-winged red bishop = ) fire-crowned bishop - species text in the atlas of southern african birds 
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