Dark-backed weaver
| Dark-backed weaver | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Ploceus |
| Species: | P. bicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Ploceus bicolor Vieillot, 1819 | |
The dark-backed weaver (Ploceus bicolor), also known as the forest weaver, is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Ploceus bicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Dark-backed weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ploceus bicolor. |
- (Dark-backed weaver = ) Forest weaver - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
- image at ADW