Lufira Masked Weaver
Ploceus ruwetiLouette, M; Benson, CW, 1982
English (US) Lufira Masked Weaver
The Lufira Masked Weaver (Ploceus ruweti) 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo (swamps in vicinity of Lake Lufira)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ploceus ruweti
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Lufira Masked Weaver
- Described by
- Louette, M; Benson, CW, 1982
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Louette, M; Benson, CW, 1982
- Type locality
- Upper Lufira, southern Zaire
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 102 p.26
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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