Rufous-tailed weaver

The rufous-tailed weaver (Histurgops ruficauda) is a species of songbird found in Tanzania.

Rufous-tailed weaver
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ploceidae
Genus:	Histurgops Reichenow, 1887
Species:	H. ruficauda
Binomial name
Histurgops ruficauda Reichenow, 1887
Synonyms
Histurgops ruficaudus

It is included in the weaver family (Ploceidae), but many authors included it in the Old World sparrow family Passeridae when Old World sparrows were separated from the weavers proper. It is placed in the monotypic genus Histurgops.

It is an endemic breeder in Tanzania, but vagrants occur in Kenya too.^{[citation needed]}