Dark-backed weaver
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{{Speciesbox
| name = Dark-backed weaver
| image = Dark-backed weaver, Ploceus bicolor, also known as the forest weaver at Ndumo Nature Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (28841131011).jpg
| image_caption = Dark-backed weaver at Ndumo Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Ploceus
| species = bicolor
| authority = Vieillot, 1819
| synonyms =
}}
The dark-backed weaver (Ploceus bicolor), also known as the forest weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.
It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
References
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External links
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- [http://weavers.adu.org.za/sp.php?spp=790 Dark-backed weaver] - Species text in Weaver Watch.
- (Dark-backed weaver = ) Forest weaver - [http://sabap2.adu.org.za/docs/sabap1/807.pdf Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds].
- [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Ploceus_bicolor.html image at ADW]
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Category:Birds of the Gulf of Guinea
Category:Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa
Category:Taxa named by Louis Pierre Vieillot
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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