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| name = Giant Weaver |
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| image_caption = Male |
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| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Giant weaver (Ploceus grandis) female.jpg|bSize=260|cWidth=220|cHeight=300|oTop=40|oLeft=30|Location=center}} |
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| image2_caption = Female<br>both on São Tomé |
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| regnum = [[Animalia]] |
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| status = NT |
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| classis = [[Aves]] |
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| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=''Ploceus grandis'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T22718925A131814917 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22718925A131814917.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> |
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| ordo = [[Passeriformes]] |
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| familia = [[Ploceidae]] |
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| authority = ([[George Robert Gray|G.R. Gray]], 1844) |
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| binomial_authority = (Gray, 1844) |
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The '''Giant Weaver''', also known as the ('''''Ploceus grandis''''') is a species of bird in the [[Ploceidae]] family. |
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The '''giant weaver''' ('''''Ploceus grandis''''') is a species of bird in the family [[Ploceidae]]. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[São Tomé Island]]. It can climb trees and branches, rather like a [[treecreeper]] or [[sittella]].<ref>{{Cite book | last = Kingdon | first = Jonathan | author-link = Jonathan Kingdon | title = Island Africa: The Evolution of Africa's Rare Plants and Animals | location = Princeton, New Jersey | publisher = Princeton University Press | year = 1989 | isbn = 0-691-08560-9 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/islandafricaevol0000king }}</ref> Its natural [[habitat]] is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. |
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It can climb trees and branches, rather like a [[treecreeper]] or [[sittella]]. |
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Its natural [[habitat]] is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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* {{IUCN2008|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2009|id=149251|title=Ploceus grandis|downloaded=15 November 2009}} |
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* {{Cite book |
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==External links== |
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* [http://weavers.adu.org.za/sp.php?spp=1149 Giant weaver] - Species text in Weaver Watch. |
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| authorlink = Jonathan Kingdon |
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| title = Island Africa: The Evolution of Africa's Rare Plants and Animals |
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{{Ploceidae}} |
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| location = Princeton, New Jersey |
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| publisher = Princeton University Press |
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| year= 1989 |
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| isbn = 0-691-08560-9}} |
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[[Category:Ploceus]] |
[[Category:Ploceus|giant weaver]] |
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[[Category:Endemic fauna of São Tomé Island]] |
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[[Category:Birds described in 1844|giant weaver]] |
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[[Category:Taxa named by George Robert Gray|giant weaver]] |
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[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]] |
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Latest revision as of 03:26, 28 November 2022
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Ploceus |
| Species: | P. grandis
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| Ploceus grandis (G.R. Gray, 1844)
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The giant weaver (Ploceus grandis) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is endemic to São Tomé Island. It can climb trees and branches, rather like a treecreeper or sittella.[2] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Ploceus grandis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22718925A131814917. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22718925A131814917.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Kingdon, Jonathan (1989). Island Africa: The Evolution of Africa's Rare Plants and Animals. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08560-9.
External links
[edit]- Giant weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch.
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