Heuglin's masked weaver

Heuglin's masked weaver
specimens at Nairobi National Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Ploceidae
Genus:Ploceus
Species: P. heuglini
Binomial name
Ploceus heuglini
Reichenow, 1886

The Heuglin's masked weaver (Ploceus heuglini) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Ploceus heuglini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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