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 LC    Speke's Weaver* Id (Atlas):
    Ploceus spekei

Description (10)
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Family
Ploceidae (Weavers)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Heuglin, 1861)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland and forest, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)
Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania [United Republic of].

Western Ethiopia, northern and eastern Somalia, and south-western and central Kenya south to north-central Tanzania.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)

 
Speke's Weaver (Ploceus) [XC452037]
     by isaac kilusu from Arusha National Park, Ngurdoto Crater Rim (east), Arusha Region, Tanzania (song)

 
Speke's Weaver (Ploceus spekei) [XC601897]
     by isaac kilusu from Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kenya (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Thought to form a superspecies with Fox's Weaver (Ploceus spekeoides).


References
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Files:
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