Weyns's Weaver
Ploceus weynsi(Dubois, AJC, 1900)
English (US) Weyns's Weaver
The Weyns's Weaver (Ploceus weynsi) 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: lowland forest of northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and far northwestern TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ploceus weynsi
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Weyns's Weaver
- Described by
- (Dubois, AJC, 1900)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Melanopteryx weynsi
- Described by
- (Dubois, AJC, 1900)
- Type locality
- Bumba, Upper Congo.
- Original description
- Ornithologische Monatsberichte 8(5) p.69
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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