Saturday, 1 July 2023

9-6-2023 MANDAI BIRD PARADISE, SINGAPORE - CHESTNUT AND BLACK WEAVER (Ploceus castaneofuscus)


The chestnut-and-black weaver (Ploceus castaneofuscus) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in West Africa from Sierra Leone to southern Nigeria.

The chestnut-and-black weaver was formerly treated as a subspecies of Vieillot's black weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus). The species were split based on the striking differences in the colour of the plumage.






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