Chestnut weaver

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| name = Chestnut weaver

| image = Chestnut weaver (Ploceus rubiginosus) male.jpg

| image_caption =

| image2 = Chestnut weaver (Ploceus rubiginosus) female.jpg

| image2_caption = Male (top) and female (bottom) at Lake Baringo, Kenya

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=Ploceus rubiginosus |volume=2017 |page=e.T22718975A111122394 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22718975A111122394.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| genus = Ploceus

| species = rubiginosus

| authority = Rüppell, 1840

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The chestnut weaver (Ploceus rubiginosus) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.

It is found in eastern and south-western Africa.