The slender-billed weaver (Ploceus pelzelni) is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae. It is sparsely distributed across equatorial Africa, namely along the shoreline of the Gulf of Guinea and Congo River and the Lake Victoria region.
| Slender-billed weaver | |
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| female P. p. perzelni, Uganda | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Ploceus |
| Species: | P. pelzelni
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| Binomial name | |
| Ploceus pelzelni (Hartlaub, 1887)
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Gallery
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Female Queen Elizabeth NP, Uganda -
Female Queen Elizabeth NP, Uganda
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Ploceus pelzelni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22718770A132120163. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22718770A132120163.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ploceus pelzelni.
- Slender-billed Weaver (Ploceus pelzelni) videos at the Internet Bird Collection
- Slender-billed weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch.
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