Speckle-fronted Weaver
Sporopipes frontalis(Daudin, FM, 1800)
English (US) Speckle-fronted Weaver
The Speckle-fronted Weaver (Sporopipes frontalis) 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
- Sporopipes frontalis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Speckle-fronted Weaver
- Described by
- (Daudin, FM, 1800)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Sporopipes frontalis frontalis
- Sporopipes frontalis emini
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Loxia frontalis
- Described by
- (Daudin, FM, 1800)
- Type locality
- Senegal.
- Original description
- Traité élémentaire et complet d'ornithologie 2 p.445
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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