Vitelline masked weaver

Vitelline masked weaver
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Ploceidae
Genus:Ploceus
Species: P. vitellinus
Binomial name
Ploceus vitellinus
(Lichtenstein, 1823)

The vitelline masked weaver (Ploceus vitellinus) 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, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.

References

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


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