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Bar-winged Weaver
- Scientific name
- Ploceus angolensis
- Family
- Ploceidae
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Habitat
- Grassland
- Wing shape
- Broad
- Tail shape
- Notched
Where it came from
The Bar-winged Weaver (Ploceus angolensis) is a passerine bird native to the miombo woodlands of south-central Africa. It was formally described by the ornithologist José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage in 1878. As a member of the Ploceidae family, the species reflects the evolutionary development of the weavers, characterized by their specialized nest-building behaviors and colonial nesting habits within specific African woodland ecosystems.
The bird is distinguished by its characteristic broad wing shape and a distinctly notched tail, features that have been documented by naturalists studying the avian biodiversity of the Angolan and Zambian plateaus. Taxonomically, it serves as a representative of the diverse and complex weaver lineage, studied primarily for its unique morphological adaptations to its habitat and its distinct yellow and black plumage patterns that facilitate camouflage within the dappled light of the miombo forests.
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