Spectacled weaver | |
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Male in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |
Female in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Ploceidae |
Genus: | Ploceus |
Species: | P. ocularis |
Binomial name | |
Ploceus ocularis Smith, 1828 | |
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