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Fox's weaver

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Fox's weaver
specimen at Nairobi National Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Ploceus
Species:
P. spekeoides
Binomial name
Ploceus spekeoides
C. H. B. Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1947

The Fox's weaver (Ploceus spekeoides) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is endemic to Uganda.

Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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