Dark-backed weaver
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Dark-backed weaver | |
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Dark-backed weaver at Ndumo Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Ploceidae |
Genus: | Ploceus |
Species: | P. bicolor
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Binomial name | |
Ploceus bicolor Vieillot, 1819
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The dark-backed weaver (Ploceus bicolor), also known as the forest weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Ploceus bicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22719017A132123985. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22719017A132123985.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ploceus bicolor.
- Dark-backed weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch.
- (Dark-backed weaver = ) Forest weaver - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
- image at ADW
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