Parent: Ploceidae (Bishops)

└─ Euplectes (Bishops)

└─── Euplectes afer (Yellow-crowned bishop)

└─── Euplectes albonotatus (White-winged widowbird)

└─── Euplectes ardens (Red-collared widowbird)

└─── Euplectes aureus (Golden-backed bishop)

└─── Euplectes axillaris (Fan-tailed widowbird)

└─── Euplectes capensis (Yellow bishop)

└─── Euplectes diadematus (Fire-fronted bishop)

└─── Euplectes franciscanus (Northern red bishop)

└─── Euplectes gierowii (Black bishop)

└─── Euplectes hartlaubi (Marsh widowbird)

└─── Euplectes hordeaceus (Black-winged red bishop)

└─── Euplectes jacksoni (Jackson's widowbird)

└─── Euplectes macroura

└─── Euplectes nigroventris (Zanzibar red bishop)

└─── Euplectes orix (Red bishop)

└─── Euplectes progne (Long-tailed widowbird)

└─── Euplectes psammacromius (Montane widowbird)