Rüppell s weaver

Short description: Species of bird

Rüppell's weaver

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Passeriformes
Family:  | Ploceidae
Genus:  | Ploceus
Species:  |

P. galbula

Binomial name
Ploceus galbula

Rüppell, 1840[2]

Rüppell's weaver (Ploceus galbula) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae, which is native to the northern Afrotropics. The species is named after the German zoologist and explorer Eduard Rüppell (1794–1884).[3]

## Contents

* 1 Range
* 2 Habitat
* 3 Gallery
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Range

It is found from Sudan to Somalia and extreme northern Kenya. It is also found in the south-western Arabian Peninsula.

## Habitat

In the mountains of Degua Tembien in north Ethiopia, it can be observed in bushy and shrubby areas.[4]

## Gallery

* Male at nest

* Illustration from Rüppell, 1840

* male, Oman

## References

1. ↑ BirdLife International (2018). "Ploceus galbula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T22718860A132121792. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22718860A132121792.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22718860/132121792. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. ↑ Rüppell, Eduard (1840). "Ploceus Galbula. Rüppell". Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Vögel. Frankfurt am Main: Siegmund Schmerber. p. 92. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140180.
3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 294.
4. ↑ Aerts, R.; Lerouge, F.; November, E. (2019). Birds of forests and open woodlands in the highlands of Dogu'a Tembien. In: Nyssen J., Jacob, M., Frankl, A. (Eds.). Geo-trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical Mountains - The Dogu'a Tembien District. SpringerNature. ISBN 978-3-030-04954-6. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030049546.

## External links

* Ruppell's Weaver \- Species text in Weaver Watch.

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