Chestnut-and-black weaver
| Chestnut-and-black weaver | |
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| Male in Ghana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Ploceus |
| Species: | P. castaneofuscus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ploceus castaneofuscus Lesson, RP, 1840 | |
The chestnut-and-black weaver (Ploceus castaneofuscus) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in West Africa from Sierra Leone to southern Nigeria.
The chestnut-and-black weaver was formerly treated as a subspecies of Vieillot's black weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus). The species were split based on the striking differences in the colour of the plumage.[2][3]
Gallery
Male constructing a nest, Ghana
Male on a nest, Ghana
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ploceus castaneofuscus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103812253A104238797. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103812253A104238797.en. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Old World sparrows, snowfinches, weavers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ Craig, A.J.F.; del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N.; Kirwan, G.M. (2022). Billerman, S.M.; Sly, N.D. (eds.). "Chestnut-and-black Weaver (Ploceus castaneofuscus), version 1.0". Birds of the World. Ithaca, NY, USA: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/bow.viewea2.01.