Speckle-fronted weaver | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Ploceidae |
Genus: | Sporopipes |
Species: | S. frontalis |
Binomial name | |
Sporopipes frontalis (Daudin, 1800) | |
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S. frontalis may refer to: