Yellow-legged Weaver (Ploceus flavipes)

Other Scientific Names
Malimbus flavipes [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Other Names (World)
Yellow-legged Weaver, Yellow-legged Malimbe, Yellow-fronted Malimbe

Family
Ploceidae (Weavers)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
Chapin, 1916

Habitat
Lowland rainforest.

Range (Guide)

Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (B) (NB).

Ituri Forest, in north-eastern DRCongo.

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction and degradation through forest clearance is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Has been placed in genus Malimbus. In the past was sometimes placed in a monotypic genus, Rhinoploceus. Validity of this taxon has been questioned, and suggested by some authors that it could represent occasional hybrids between all-black species such as Vieillot's Black Weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus) and Maxwell's Black Weaver (Ploceus albinucha). Further research is required.

Similar Species
Vieillot's Black Weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus) lacks greenish sheen and yellow legs and toes and does not usually occur in deep forest. Maxwell's Black Weaver (Ploceus albinucha) also all-black with pale eye, but lacks yellow legs and feet.

References
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