Chestnut-and-black weaver

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.

Chestnut-and-black weaver
Male in Ghana
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ploceidae
Genus:	Ploceus
Species:	P. castaneofuscus
Binomial name
Ploceus castaneofuscus Lesson, RP, 1840

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.^[2][3]

Gallery

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  Male constructing a nest, Ghana
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  Male on a nest, Ghana