{"id":25372,"date":"2012-11-05T14:22:27","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/small-landbirds\/orange-bishop-euplectes-franciscanus\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:14:07","slug":"orange-bishop-euplectes-franciscanus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/small-landbirds\/orange-bishop-euplectes-franciscanus\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange Bishop Euplectes franciscanus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Northern Red Bishop or Orange Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus) is a resident breeding bird species in Africa south of the Sahara Desert and north of the Equator. It has been introduced to Puerto Rico, Martinique and Guadeloupe in the West Indies. It was formerly regarded as a subspecies of the Southern Red Bishop (Euplectes orix) of the southern half of Africa. The two are now usually classified as separate species.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Orange Bishop\u00a0<i>Euplectes\u00a0franciscanus<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-244-25372\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1800\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/orange-bishop-euplectes-franciscanus\/orange-bishop-euplectes-franciscanus-3.jpg\" title=\"Orange Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Orange Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Orange Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus)  \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/orange-bishop-euplectes-franciscanus\/thumbs\/thumbs_orange-bishop-euplectes-franciscanus-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Orange Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus)  <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1799\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/orange-bishop-euplectes-franciscanus\/orange-bishop-euplectes-franciscanus-2.jpg\" title=\"Orange Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Orange Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Orange Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus)  \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/orange-bishop-euplectes-franciscanus\/thumbs\/thumbs_orange-bishop-euplectes-franciscanus-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Orange Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus)  <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1798\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/orange-bishop-euplectes-franciscanus\/orange-bishop-euplectes-franciscanus-1.jpg\" title=\"Orange Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Orange Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Orange Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus)  \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/orange-bishop-euplectes-franciscanus\/thumbs\/thumbs_orange-bishop-euplectes-franciscanus-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Orange Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus)  <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Northern Red Bishop or Orange Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus) is a resident breeding bird species in Africa south of the Sahara Desert and north of the Equator. 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