Dark-backed weaver

Species of bird

Dark-backed weaver
Dark-backed weaver at Ndumo Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 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

  1. ^ 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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Family: Ploceidae
GenusBubalornisDinemelliaSporopipes
PlocepasserHisturgops
PseudonigritaPhiletairus
Ploceus
Pachyphantes
Malimbus
Anaplectes
Brachycope
Quelea
Foudia
Euplectes
Amblyospiza
Taxon identifiers
Ploceus bicolor


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