Juba Weaver
Ploceus dichrocephalus(Salvadori, AT, 1896)
English (US) Juba Weaver
The Juba Weaver (Ploceus dichrocephalus) 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: riparian vegetation of southeastern Ethiopia, Juba region of southern Somalia, and northeastern KenyaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ploceus dichrocephalus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Juba Weaver
- Described by
- (Salvadori, AT, 1896)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hyphantornis dicrocephala
- Described by
- (Salvadori, AT, 1896)
- Type locality
- Somah.
- Original description
- Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 36 p.45
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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