Donaldson Smith's sparrow-weaver (''Plocepasser donaldsoni'') is a species of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...
in the family
Ploceidae
Ploceidae is a family of small passerine birds, many of which are called weavers, weaverbirds, weaver finches, or bishops. These names come from the nests of intricately woven vegetation created by birds in this family. In most recent classificat ...
. It is found in Africa from southern Ethiopia to central Kenya and southern Somalia. It was named in honor of the 19th-century American explorer
Arthur Donaldson Smith.
References
External links
Donaldson-Smith's sparrow-weaver- Species text in Weaver Watch.
Plocepasser
Birds of East Africa
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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