Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser superciliosus(Cretzschmar, PJ, 1827)
English (US) Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
The Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser superciliosus) 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: Senegal to Sudan, Ethiopia, northern Uganda, and northwestern KenyaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Plocepasser superciliosus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
- Described by
- (Cretzschmar, PJ, 1827)
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Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Ploceus superciliosus
- Described by
- (Cretzschmar, PJ, 1827)
- Type locality
- Kordofan.
- Original description
- Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika von Eduard Rüppell. Erste Abtheilung. Zoologie. Vögel (1826) p.24 pl.15
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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