Fox's weaver
Fox's weaver | |
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specimen at Nairobi National Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Ploceidae |
Genus: | Ploceus |
Species: | P. spekeoides |
Binomial name | |
Ploceus spekeoides C. H. B. Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1947 | |
The Fox's weaver (Ploceus spekeoides) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is endemic to Uganda.
Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Ploceus spekeoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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