Latitudinal range: -34.0° to 14.7°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), temperate savanna (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (8)

Found in 12 samples

Burkina Faso: Cascades Region (2011), Folonzo Village

Cameroon: Nyong River

Ghana: Samole (wet season)

Kenya: Nyeri County

Senegal: Dakar

South Africa: Cape Receife, Tonqani

Zambia: Balmoral, Copper Chalice, Kabwe, Mwinilunga

See also Euplectes afer, Euplectes albonotatus, Euplectes ardens, Euplectes axillaris, Euplectes capensis, Euplectes franciscanus, Euplectes hordeaceus, Euplectes macrourus, Euplectes orix, Euplectes progne, Euplectes sp., Euplectes spp.