Sociable Weaver
Philetairus socius(Latham, J, 1790)
English (US) Sociable Weaver
The Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Ploceidae (Weavers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Namibia and Botswana to northern South AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Philetairus socius
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Sociable Weaver
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Loxia socia
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
- Type locality
- inland of Cape of Good Hope. Restricted to Warmbad, South West Africa, by Macdonald, 1957, Contr. Orn. W. South Africa, p. 156.
- Original description
- Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 1 p.381
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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