Black-billed weaver

Black-billed weaver
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ploceidae
Genus:	Ploceus
Species:	P. melanogaster
Binomial name
Ploceus melanogaster Shelley, 1887

The black-billed weaver (Ploceus melanogaster) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It has multiple isolated elevated populations across sub-Saharan Africa : the Western High Plateau, the Albertine Rift montane forests and the East African montane forests.

References

1. BirdLife International. (2018). "Ploceus melanogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22718795A132120809. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22718795A132120809.en. Retrieved 21 August 2021.

External links

• Black-billed weaver – Species text in Weaver Watch.