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Tanzanian masked weaver

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Tanzanian masked weaver
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Ploceus
Species:
P. reichardi
Binomial name
Ploceus reichardi
Reichenow, 1886

The Tanzanian masked weaver (Ploceus reichardi), or Tanganyika masked weaver, is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae. It is found in and around swamps in south-western Tanzania and north-eastern Zambia. The Lufira masked weaver is sometimes treated as a subspecies of this bird.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ploceus reichardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22718914A94601505. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718914A94601505.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.