Yellow-capped Weaver
Ploceus dorsomaculatus(Reichenow, A, 1893)
English (US) Yellow-capped Weaver
The Yellow-capped Weaver (Ploceus dorsomaculatus) 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: southern Cameroon to Gabon, Central African Republic, and northeastern Democratic Republic of the CongoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ploceus dorsomaculatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow-capped Weaver
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1893)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Symplectes dorsomaculatus
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1893)
- Type locality
- Jaunde, Cameroons.
- Original description
- Ornithologische Monatsberichte 1 p.177
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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