Lufira Masked Weaver | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Ploceidae |
Genus: | Ploceus |
Species: | P. ruweti |
Binomial name | |
Ploceus ruweti Louette & Benson, 1982 |
The Lufira Masked Weaver (Ploceus ruweti), also known as Ruwet's Masked Weaver and Lake Lufira Weaver, is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae. It is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is swamps in the south-east of the country. It is sometimes regarded as a subspecies of the Tanzanian Masked Weaver (P. reichardi).
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