Brown-capped Weaver
Ploceus insignis(Sharpe, RB, 1891)
English (US) Brown-capped Weaver
The Brown-capped Weaver (Ploceus insignis) 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: southeastern Nigeria, southwestern Cameroon, and Bioko; western Angola; far southern South Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western and eastern Uganda, western Kenya, western Rwanda, western Burundi, and western TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ploceus insignis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Brown-capped Weaver
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1891)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Sycobrotus insignis
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1891)
- Type locality
- Mt. Elgon.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.6, vol.3, no.9 p.117
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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