Donaldson Smith's sparrow-weaver

Donaldson Smith's sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser donaldsoni) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Africa from southern Ethiopia to central Kenya and southern Somalia. It was named in honor of the 19th-century American explorer Arthur Donaldson Smith.^[2]

Donaldson Smith's sparrow-weaver
In Samburu National Reserve, Kenya
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ploceidae
Genus:	Plocepasser
Species:	P. donaldsoni
Binomial name
Plocepasser donaldsoni Sharpe, 1895