Taveta Weaver
Ploceus castaneiceps(Sharpe, RB, 1890)
English (US) Taveta Weaver
The Taveta Weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps) 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: riverine scrub of far southeastern Kenya and northeastern TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ploceus castaneiceps
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Taveta Weaver
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1890)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hyphantornis castaneiceps
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1890)
- Type locality
- Taveta.
- Original description
- Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum 13 p.448 pl.13 fig.5
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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