Vieillot's black weaver
| Vieillot's black weaver | |
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| male P. n. nigerrimus, Uganda | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
Ghana
male
P. n. castaneofuscus
making nest Ghana
male
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.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Ploceus
- Birds of Central Africa
- Birds described in 1819
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