Preuss's Weaver
Ploceus preussi(Reichenow, A, 1893)
English (US) Preuss's Weaver
The Preuss's Weaver (Ploceus preussi) 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: Guinea and Sierra Leone to southern Cameroon, Gabon, and northeastern Democratic Republic of the CongoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ploceus preussi
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Preuss's Weaver
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1893)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Symplectes preussi
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1893)
- Type locality
- Victoria, Cameroons.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 40, no.200 p.442
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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