Northern brown-throated weaver
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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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| 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.
Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda
Hybridisation
[edit]P. victoriae (Ash, 1986) is now thought to be a hybrid between P. castanops and P. melanocephalus.
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ploceus castanops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22718850A94599395. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718850A94599395.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
External links
[edit]- Northern brown-throated weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch.
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