Bocage's weaver
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| Species: | P. temporalis
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| Ploceus temporalis (Barboza du Bocage, 1880)
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The Bocage's weaver (Ploceus temporalis) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Portuguese naturalist José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage, who described the species in 1880.[2]
References
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 57–58.
External links
- Bocage's weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch.
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