Speckle-fronted weaver

Speckle-fronted weaver
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Sporopipes
Species: S. frontalis
Binomial name
Sporopipes frontalis
(Daudin, 1802)

The speckle-fronted weaver (Sporopipes frontalis) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.

Range and habitat

It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

References

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


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