Northern Brown-throated Weaver
Ploceus castanopsShelley, GE, 1888
English (US) Northern Brown-throated Weaver
The Northern Brown-throated Weaver (Ploceus castanops) 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: eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda, Rwanda, western Kenya, and northwestern TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ploceus castanops
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver
- Described by
- Shelley, GE, 1888
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Shelley, GE, 1888
- Type locality
- Lado. Type in British Museum from Wadelai [Uganda, close to Sudan border].
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888, pt.1 p.35
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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