Bertram's weaver | |
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Illustrations of male and immature by Keulemans and female by Grönvold | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Ploceidae |
Genus: | Ploceus |
Species: | P. bertrandi |
Binomial name | |
Ploceus bertrandi (Shelley, 1893) | |
Synonyms | |
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Bertram's weaver (Ploceus bertrandi), sometimes called Bertrand's weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.
It is named after Bertram Lutley Sclater, the son of ornithologist Philip Lutley Sclater, who was a police commissioner in Malawi when Alexander Whyte discovered this species. [2] [3]
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Clarke's weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is endemic to Kenya.
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