Bannerman's weaver

Bannerman's weaver
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ploceidae
Genus:	Ploceus
Species:	P. bannermani
Binomial name
Ploceus bannermani Chapin, 1932

Bannerman's weaver (Ploceus bannermani) is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae. It is native to the Western High Plateau. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.^[1]

Its scientific and common names honor the ornithologist David Armitage Bannerman.^[2]

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Ploceus bannermani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22718735A94594027. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718735A94594027.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Beolens, Bo (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 38.

External links

• Bannerman's weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch.