Chestnut-backed sparrow-weaver

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| image = Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver, Sakania, DRC (7669958414).jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=Plocepasser rufoscapulatus |volume=2018 |page=e.T22718700A132119628 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22718700A132119628.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| taxon = Plocepasser rufoscapulatus

| authority = Büttikofer, 1888

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The chestnut-backed sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser rufoscapulatus) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.

It is found in southern Africa from Angola and southern Democratic Republic of Congo to Zambia and Malawi.