Donaldson Smith's sparrow-weaver
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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 | |
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| In Samburu National Reserve, Kenya | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Plocepasser |
| Species: | P. donaldsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Plocepasser donaldsoni Sharpe, 1895 | |
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