Chestnut weaver
| Chestnut weaver | |
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| male | |
_female.jpg) | |
| female both at Lake Baringo, Kenya | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Ploceus |
| Species: | P. rubiginosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ploceus rubiginosus Rüppell, 1840 | |
The chestnut weaver (Ploceus rubiginosus) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Ploceus rubiginosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Chestnut weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch.
- Chestnut weaver - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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