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 LC    Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver* Id (Atlas):
    Plocepasser rufoscapulatus

Description (8)
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Other Names (World)
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver, Chestnut-mantled Sparrow-weaver, Red-backed Sparrow-weaver

Family
Ploceidae (Weavers)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
Büttikofer, 1888

Habitat
Dry savanna.

Range (Guide)
Angola, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Malawi, Zambia.

South-western Angola, south-eastern DRCongo, central and eastern Zambia, western Tanzania (near Mpanda) and west-central Malawi.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A short, high-pitched 'tseep' or 'trrrrt'. Song is higher-pitched than Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser superciliosus).

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)

 
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser rufoscapulatus) [XC346411]
     by Rapha\u00ebl Jordan from Chingola, Copperbelt Province, Zambia (call)

 
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser rufoscapulatus) [XC552103]
     by Dries Van de Loock from Mwekera Forestry College, Kitwe, Copperbelt, Zambia (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus sometimes placed in sparrow family (Passeridae).


References
See References.


Files:
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