Chestnut weaver | |
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male | |
female both at Lake Baringo, Kenya |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Ploceidae |
Genus: | Ploceus |
Species: | P. rubiginosus |
Binomial name | |
Ploceus rubiginosus Rüppell, 1840 |
The chestnut weaver (Ploceus rubiginosus) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.