Biology:Chestnut-and-black weaver

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Short description: Species of bird

Chestnut-and-black weaver
Vieillot's black weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus castaneofuscus) male.jpg
Male in Ghana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Ploceus
Species:
P. castaneofuscus
Binomial name
Ploceus castaneofuscus
Lesson, RP, 1840

The chestnut-and-black weaver (Ploceus castaneofuscus) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in West Africa from Sierra Leone to southern Nigeria.

The chestnut-and-black weaver was formerly treated as a subspecies of Vieillot's black weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus). The species were split based on the striking differences in the colour of the plumage.[2][3]

Gallery

  • Male constructing a nest, Ghana

  • Male on a nest, Ghana

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Ploceus castaneofuscus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103812253A104238797. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103812253A104238797.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103812253/104238797. Retrieved 8 February 2023. 
  2. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (January 2023). "Old World sparrows, snowfinches, weavers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/weavers/. Retrieved 7 February 2023. 
  3. ↑ Craig, A.J.F.; del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N.; Kirwan, G.M. (2022). Billerman, S.M.; Sly, N.D.. eds. "Chestnut-and-black Weaver (Ploceus castaneofuscus), version 1.0". Birds of the World (Ithaca, NY, USA: Cornell Lab of Ornithology). doi:10.2173/bow.viewea2.01. 


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