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 LC    Tanzania Masked-Weaver* Id (Atlas):
    Ploceus reichardi

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Tanzanian Masked Weaver, Tanzania Masked-Weaver, Swamp Masked-Weaver, Tanganyika Masked-Weaver

Family
Ploceidae (Weavers)

Size
13 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Reichenow, 1886

Habitat
Inland wetlands, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)
Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia.

Local in western Tanzania and extreme north-eastern Zambia.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Typical weaver chucks and squizzles.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Tanzania Masked-Weaver (Ploceus reichardi) and Lufira Masked Weaver (Ploceus ruweti) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as separate species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include ruweti as a subspecies of Tanzania Masked-Weaver (Ploceus reichardi).

Has been thought to form a superspecies, or even to be conspecific, with Southern Masked-Weaver (Ploceus velatus), Vitelline Masked Weaver (Ploceus vitellinus), Lufira Masked Weaver (Ploceus ruweti) and Katanga Masked-Weaver (Ploceus katangae), but molecular data suggest that it is close only to Katanga Masked-Weaver (Ploceus katangae).


References
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Files:
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