Bar-winged Weaver
Ploceus angolensis(Bocage, JVB, 1878)
English (US) Bar-winged Weaver
The Bar-winged Weaver (Ploceus angolensis) 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: Angola to northern Zambia and far southeastern Democratic Republic of the CongoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ploceus angolensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Bar-winged Weaver
- Described by
- (Bocage, JVB, 1878)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Sharpia angolensis
- Described by
- (Bocage, JVB, 1878)
- Type locality
- Caconda [Angola].
- Original description
- Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes. Publicado sob os Auspicios da Academia Real das Sciencas de Lisboa (1), 6 p.258
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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