The sparrow-weavers (Plocepasser) are a genus of birds in the family Ploceidae (weavers), but some taxonomic authorities place them in the family Passeridae (Old World sparrows).
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| White-browed sparrow-weaver, Plocepasser mahali | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Plocepasser A. Smith, 1836 |
| Type species | |
| Plocepasser mahali[1] A. Smith, 1836
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Taxonomy and systematics
editThe genus Plocepasser contains the following species:[2]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| White-browed sparrow-weaver
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Plocepasser mahali Smith, 1836 Four subspecies
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northern South Africa, its range includes Botswana, northern and central Namibia, and western Zimbabwe | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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| Chestnut-crowned sparrow-weaver
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Plocepasser superciliosus (Cretzschmar, 1827) |
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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| Donaldson Smith's sparrow-weaver
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Plocepasser donaldsoni Sharpe, 1895 |
Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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| Chestnut-backed sparrow-weaver
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Plocepasser rufoscapulatus (Büttikofer, 1888) |
Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, and Zambia. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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Phylogeny
editBased on recent DNA-analysis (which only included P. mahali), the genus Plocepasser belongs to the group of sparrow weavers (subfamily Plocepasserinae), and is most related to the clade that consists of Philetairus socius and the genus Pseudonigrita. This clade is sister to the most basic genus of the subfamily, Sporopipes.[3] Provided that genera are correct clades, the following tree expresses current insights.
| family Ploceidae |
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References
edit- ^ "Ploceidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ a b "Plocepasser Smith, A, 1836". Global Biodivedrsity Information Facility. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ^ De Silva, Thilina N.; Peterson, A. Townsend; Bates, John M.; Fernandoa, Sumudu W.; Girard, Matthew G. (2017). "Phylogenetic relationships of weaverbirds (Aves: Ploceidae): A first robust phylogeny based on mitochondrial and nuclear markers". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 109: 21–32. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.013. PMID 28012957.
External links
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