Vieillot's Black Weaver
Ploceus nigerrimusVieillot, LJP, 1819
English (US) Vieillot's Black Weaver
The Vieillot's Black Weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus) 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: far southeastern Nigeria to Uganda, western Kenya, Angola, and Democratic Republic of the CongoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ploceus nigerrimus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Vieillot's Black Weaver
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1819
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1819
- Type locality
- 'Kingdom of Congo'.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 34 p.130
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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