Northern brown-throated weaver
| Northern brown-throated weaver | |
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| Female Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Ploceus |
| Species: | P. castanops
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| Binomial name | |
| Ploceus castanops Shelley, 1888
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The northern brown-throated weaver (Ploceus castanops) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Uganda, Rwanda and adjacent northern Burundi, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya and northwestern Tanzania.
Hybridisation
P. victoriae (Ash, 1986) is now thought to be a hybrid between P. castanops and P. melanocephalus.
References
- . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
External links
- Northern brown-throated weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch.
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