Vieillot's black weaver | |
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male P. n. nigerrimus, Uganda | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Ploceidae |
Genus: | Ploceus |
Species: | P. nigerrimus
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Binomial name | |
Ploceus nigerrimus Vieillot, 1819
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Vieillot's black weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is named after the French ornithologist Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot.[2]
Subspecies
- P. n. nigerrimus: Extreme southeast Nigeria to Uganda, west Kenya, Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo
- P. n. castaneofuscus: Sierra Leone to east Nigeria
male
P. n. castaneofuscus
Ghanamale
P. n. castaneofuscus
making nest Ghanamale
P. n. castaneofuscus
making nest Ghana
Distribution and habitat
Vieillot's black weaver is found in western and central Africa in its natural habitat of subtropical or tropical dry forests.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ploceus nigerrimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103812246A94602765. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103812246A94602765.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 352.
External links
- Vieillot's black weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch.