Red-collared widowbird (Euplectes ardens)

Euplectes ardens is a species in the Euplectes genus. It is commonly known as Red-collared widowbird This name is unplaced name for the species in the family Ploceidae subfamily Ploceinae, . This species is found in Guinea, inland Sierra Leone, north Liberia, north Ivory Coast, southwest Niger, central and southeast Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, central and northeast Angola, Uganda, West Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, northwest and south Mozambique, Eswatini and east South Africa.