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Chestnut-and-black weaver

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Chestnut-and-black weaver
Male in Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Ploceus
Species:
P. castaneofuscus
Binomial name
Ploceus castaneofuscus

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]

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.