Loxia hordeacea Linnaeus, 1758 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.

The breeding male is scarlet apart from his black face, belly and wings and brown tail.

It resembles non-breeding male northern red bishop, but is darker and has black wings.

The black-winged red bishop is a gregarious species which feeds on seed, grain and some insects.