Dark-backed weaver
| Dark-backed weaver | |
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| Dark-backed weaver at Ndumo Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Ploceus |
| Species: | P. bicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Ploceus bicolor Vieillot, 1819 | |
The dark-backed weaver (Ploceus bicolor), also known as the forest weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is very sparsely present across central and southern Sub-Saharan Africa.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Ploceus bicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22719017A132123985. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22719017A132123985.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ploceus bicolor.
- Dark-backed weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch.
- (Dark-backed weaver = ) Forest weaver - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
- image at ADW