Bocage's_weaver

Bocage's weaver

Bocage's weaver

Species of bird

Bocage's weaver (Ploceus temporalis) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in riparian zones of Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northwestern Zambia.

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The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Portuguese naturalist José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage, who described the species in 1880.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    BirdLife International (2016). "Ploceus temporalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22718803A94597497. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718803A94597497.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 57–58.
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