Bannerman's weaver

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| name = Bannerman's weaver

| image = Bannerman's Weaver (Ploceus bannermani).jpg

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Ploceus bannermani |volume=2016 |page=e.T22718735A94594027 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718735A94594027.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| taxon = Ploceus bannermani

| authority = Chapin, 1932

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Bannerman's weaver (Ploceus bannermani) is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae. It is native to the Western High Plateau. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Its scientific and common names honor the ornithologist David Armitage Bannerman.{{cite book|last=Beolens|first=Bo|title=Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds|year=2003|publisher=Christopher Helm|location=London|page=38}}

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