Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser donaldsoniSharpe, RB, 1895
English (US) Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver
The Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser donaldsoni) 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: savanna of southwestern Ethiopia, far southern Somalia, and northern KenyaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Plocepasser donaldsoni
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1895
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1895
- Type locality
- eastern Africa near Lasamis, Kenya Colony [lat. 1° 40' N., long. 37° 48' E.], according to Sclater, 1930, Syst. Av. Aethiop., p. 718.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 5 p.14
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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