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Photo © by Mark Harper
Hans Cottage, Ghana, 4 April 2010
Ploceus castaneofuscus

Identification

Female
Photo © by Whiteheadedvulture
Manso Nkwanta, Ashanti, Ghana, 3 December 2023

Male:

  • Mostly black
  • Back, rump and belly are chestnut-brown.

Distribution

Africa: found in Guinea and Sierra Leone to eastern Nigeria

Taxonomy

This species was formerly combined with Vieillot's Black Weaver into Vieillot's Weaver.

Subspecies

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Behaviour

Vocalisation

References

  1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

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