Bocage's weaver
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| Illustration by Henrik Grönvold | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Ploceus |
| Species: | P. temporalis
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| Ploceus temporalis (Barboza du Bocage, 1880)
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Bocage's weaver (Ploceus temporalis) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in riparian zones of Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northwestern Zambia.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Portuguese naturalist José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage, who described the species in 1880.[2]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ploceus temporalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22718803A94597497. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718803A94597497.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 57–58.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Ploceus
- Birds of Central Africa
- Birds described in 1904
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