Donaldson Smith's sparrow-weaver

Species of bird

Donaldson Smith's sparrow-weaver
In Samburu National Reserve, Kenya
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Plocepasser
Species:
P. donaldsoni
Binomial name
Plocepasser donaldsoni
Sharpe, 1895

Donaldson Smith's sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser donaldsoni) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Africa from southern Ethiopia to central Kenya and southern Somalia. It was named in honor of the 19th-century American explorer Arthur Donaldson Smith.[2]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Plocepasser donaldsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22718706A94593137. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718706A94593137.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 383. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. Retrieved 12 April 2024.

External links

  • Donaldson-Smith's sparrow-weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch.
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Family: Ploceidae
Genus
Species
BubalornisDinemelliaSporopipes
Plocepasser
Histurgops
PseudonigritaPhiletairus
Ploceus
Pachyphantes
Malimbus
Anaplectes
Brachycope
Quelea
Foudia
Euplectes
Amblyospiza
Taxon identifiers
Plocepasser donaldsoni


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