Yellow-mantled Weaver
Ploceus tricolor(Hartlaub, KJG, 1854)
English (US) Yellow-mantled Weaver
The Yellow-mantled Weaver (Ploceus tricolor) 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.
- Scientific name
- Ploceus tricolor
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow-mantled Weaver
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1854)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Ploceus tricolor tricolor
- Ploceus tricolor interscapularis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Hyphantornis tricolor
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1854)
- Type locality
- Sierra Leone.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 2, no.8 p.110
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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