Southern Masked Weaver
Ploceus velatusVieillot, LJP, 1819
English (US) Southern Masked Weaver
The Southern Masked Weaver (Ploceus velatus) 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: southern Angola eastward to Mozambique, southward to southern South Africa; introduced São Tomé (Gulf of Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ploceus velatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Southern Masked Weaver
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1819
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1819
- Type locality
- Namaqualand (probably about Goodhouse or Pella on the Orange River according to Macdonald, 1957, Contr. Orn. W. South Africa, p. 161).
- 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.132
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Weavers and Allies
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Northern Masked Weaver
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Lesser Masked Weaver
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Tanzanian Masked Weaver
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Katanga Masked Weaver
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Lufira Masked Weaver
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