Northern brown-throated weaver

The northern brown-throated weaver (Ploceus castanops) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Uganda, Rwanda and adjacent northern Burundi, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya and northwestern Tanzania.

Female
Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda

Northern brown-throated weaver
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ploceidae
Genus:	Ploceus
Species:	P. castanops
Binomial name
Ploceus castanops Shelley, 1888

Hybridisation

P. victoriae (Ash, 1986) is now thought to be a hybrid between P. castanops and P. melanocephalus.