Chestnut-crowned sparrow-weaver

Chestnut-crowned sparrow-weaver
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ploceidae
Genus:	Plocepasser
Species:	P. superciliosus
Binomial name
Plocepasser superciliosus (Cretzschmar, 1827)

The chestnut-crowned sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser superciliosus) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.

It is found in Africa south of the Sahara, from Senegal and Gambia to Eritrea, Ethiopia ^[2] and western Kenya.

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Plocepasser superciliosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22718695A94592657. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718695A94592657.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Aerts, R.; Lerouge, F.; November, E. (2019). Birds of forests and open woodlands in the highlands of Dogu'a Tembien. In: Nyssen J., Jacob, M., Frankl, A. (Eds.). Geo-trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical Mountains - The Dogu'a Tembien District. SpringerNature. ISBN   978-3-030-04954-6.

External links

• Species text in Weaver Watch.
• Chestnut-crowned sparrow-weaver on the Internet Bird Collection