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 LC    Donaldson-Smith's Sparrow-Weaver* Id (Atlas):
    Plocepasser donaldsoni

Description (10)
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Family
Ploceidae (Weavers)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sharpe, 1895

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland.

Range (Guide)
Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia.

Southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya; also southern Somalia (isolated records at Afmadow).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

 
Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser donaldsoni) [XC794497]
     by id from Shaba National Reserve, Kenya (song)

 
Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser donaldsoni) [XC774119]
     by Brendan Sloan from Samburu National Reserve, Samburu County, Kenya (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus sometimes placed in sparrow family (Passeridae). This species sometimes treated within a separate genus, Fullerellus.


References
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Files:
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