The speckle-fronted weaver (''Sporopipes frontalis'') is a
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
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 Mauritania and Gambia in the west to Ethiopia and Tanzania in the east.
Its natural
habitat
In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species' habitat can be seen as the physical manifestation of its ...
is dry
savanna
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach th ...
.
Gallery
File:Speckle-fronted Weaver RWD.jpg, Speckle-fronted weaver
Image:Speckle-fronted Weaver RWD3.jpg
Image:Sporopipes frontalis emini.jpg
File:2024-06-06 Tarangire birds 0823.jpg
References
External links
Speckle-fronted Weaver- Species text in Weaver Watch.
speckle-fronted weaver
Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa
speckle-fronted weaver
Birds of East Africa
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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