Olive-headed Weaver
Ploceus olivaceiceps(Reichenow, A, 1899)
English (US) Olive-headed Weaver
The Olive-headed Weaver (Ploceus olivaceiceps) 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: mountains of southern Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, and MozambiqueRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ploceus olivaceiceps
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Olive-headed Weaver
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1899)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Symplectes olivaceiceps
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1899)
- Type locality
- Songea, near the source of the Rovuma.
- Original description
- Ornithologische Monatsberichte 7 p.7
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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