Bocage's weaver

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

Bocage's weaver
Illustration by Henrik Grönvold
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ploceidae
Genus:	Ploceus
Species:	P. temporalis
Binomial name
Ploceus temporalis (Barboza du Bocage, 1880)
Synonyms
Xanthophilus temporalis Bocage, 1880 Heterhyphantes temporalis Sharpe, 1890 Othyphantes temporalis Shelley, 1896

The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Portuguese naturalist José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage, who described the species in 1880.^[2]