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Bocage's weaver

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Passeriformes

Genus
  
Ploceus

Higher classification
  
Ploceus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Ploceidae

Scientific name
  
Ploceus temporalis

Rank
  
Species

Bocage's weaver

Similar
  
Bertram's weaver, Bar‑winged weaver, Loango weaver, Bates's weaver, Golden‑naped weaver

The Bocage's weaver (Ploceus temporalis) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia.

The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Portuguese naturalist José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage, who described the species in 1880.

References

Bocage's weaver Wikipedia