Chestnut-crowned sparrow-weaver

Chestnut-crowned sparrow-weaver

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Passeridae
Genus:	Plocepasser
Species:	P. superciliosus
Binomial name
*Plocepasser superciliosus* (Cretzschmar, 1827)

The chestnut-crowned sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser superciliosus) is a species of bird in the Passeridae family.

It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.

References

↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Plocepasser superciliosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

External links

Species text in Weaver Watch.
Chestnut-crowned sparrow-weaver on the Internet Bird Collection

Sparrows (family: Passeridae)

Genus	Species

Hypocryptadius	Cinnamon ibon

Passer	Saxaul sparrow House sparrow Spanish sparrow Italian sparrow Sind sparrow Somali sparrow Russet sparrow or cinnamon sparrow Plain-backed sparrow or Pegu sparrow Dead Sea sparrow Great sparrow Socotra sparrow Abd al-Kuri sparrow Kenya sparrow Kordofan sparrow Shelley's sparrow Iago sparrow Cape sparrow Northern grey-headed sparrow Swainson's sparrow Parrot-billed sparrow Swahili sparrow Southern grey-headed sparrow Desert sparrow Eurasian tree sparrow Sudan golden sparrow Arabian golden sparrow Chestnut sparrow Passer predomesticus

Petronia	Yellow-spotted petronia Yellow-throated sparrow Yellow-throated petronia Bush petronia Rock sparrow

Carpospiza	Pale rockfinch

Montifringilla (snowfinches)	White-winged snowfinch Henri's snowfinch Tibetan snowfinch or black-winged snowfinch White-rumped snowfinch Père David's snowfinch Rufous-necked snowfinch Blanford's snowfinch Afghan snowfinch

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