Biology:Bertram's weaver
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Short description: Species of bird
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| Illustrations of male and immature by Keulemans and female by Grönvold | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Ploceus |
| Species: | P. bertrandi
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| Ploceus bertrandi (Shelley, 1893)
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Bertram's weaver (Ploceus bertrandi), sometimes called Bertrand's weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.
It is named after Bertram Lutley Sclater, the son of ornithologist Philip Lutley Sclater, who was a police commissioner in Malawi when Alexander Whyte discovered this species.[2][3]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Ploceus bertrandi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22718765A94595028. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718765A94595028.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22718765/94595028. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ Boelens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird?: Common Bird Names and the People They Commemorate. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-10359-X.
- ↑ Shelley, George Ernest. "I. List of Birds collected by Mr. Alexander Whyte, F.Z.S., in Nyassaland". The Ibis. 8th series V (1) (XVII): 1–29.
External links
- Bertram's weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch.
Wikidata ☰ Q1307794 entry
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