Chestnut-and-black weaver

Chestnut-and-black weaver
Male in Ghana
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ploceidae
Genus:	Ploceus
Species:	P. castaneofuscus
Binomial name
Ploceus castaneofuscus Lesson, RP, 1840

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]}

Gallery

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  Male on a nest, Ghana

References

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.