Strange Weaver
Ploceus alienus(Sharpe, RB, 1902)
English (US) Strange Weaver
The Strange Weaver (Ploceus alienus) 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: montane forest of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, Rwanda, and BurundiRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ploceus alienus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Strange Weaver
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1902)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Sitagra aliena
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1902)
- Type locality
- Ruwenzori.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 13 p.21
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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