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Sporopipes

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Sporopipes
Speckle-fronted weaver (Sporopipes frontalis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Sporopipes
Cabanis, 1847
Type species
Fringilla lepidoptera[1]
M.H.C. Lichtenstein, 1842

Sporopipes is a genus of birds in the weaver family.[2] It contains these species:

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Sporopipes squamifrons Scaly-feathered weaver Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Sporopipes frontalis Speckle-fronted weaver Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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References

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  1. ^ "Ploceidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Old World sparrows, snowfinches, weavers". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 November 2018.