Species profile
Northern Masked Weaver
Ploceus taeniopterus
Quick answer
Sudan, western and southwestern Ethiopia, South Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and western Kenya
- Scientific name
- Ploceus taeniopterus
- Family
- Ploceidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Ploceus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Northern 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)