Compact weaver

Compact weaver
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Ploceus
Species: P. superciliosus
Binomial name
Ploceus superciliosus
(Shelley, 1873)
Synonyms

Pachyphantes superciliosus

The compact weaver (Ploceus superciliosus) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.

Some authorities, including Sibley & Monroe, and James Clements, place this species in the monotypic genus Pachyphantes.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

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