Species profile
Lufira Masked Weaver
Ploceus ruweti
Quick answer
SE Democratic Republic of the Congo (swamps in vicinity of Lake Lufira)
- Scientific name
- Ploceus ruweti
- Family
- Ploceidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Ploceus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Lufira Masked Weaver in your journal
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Related species in Ploceidae
- African Golden Weaver (Ploceus subaureus)
- Aldabra Fody (Foudia aldabrana)
- Amblyospiza aethiopica (Amblyospiza aethiopica)
- Asian Golden Weaver (Ploceus hypoxanthus)
- Baglafecht Weaver (Ploceus baglafecht)
- Ballman's Malimbe (Malimbus ballmanni)
- Bannerman's Weaver (Ploceus bannermani)
- Bar-winged Weaver (Ploceus angolensis)