Golden-backed Weaver
Ploceus jacksoniShelley, GE, 1888
English (US) Golden-backed Weaver
The Golden-backed Weaver (Ploceus jacksoni) 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 South Sudan, Uganda, Burundi, western Kenya, and TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ploceus jacksoni
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Golden-backed Weaver
- Described by
- Shelley, GE, 1888
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Shelley, GE, 1888
- Type locality
- Kilimanjaro {ibid. p. 290).
- Original description
- Ibis ser.5, vol.6, no.23 p.290,293 pl.VII
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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