| Red-headed weaver | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Anaplectes |
| Species: | A. rubriceps
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| Binomial name | |
| Anaplectes rubriceps (Sundevall, 1850)
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The red-headed weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps)[2][note 1] is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is placed in the monotypic genus Anaplectes and is found throughout the Afrotropics.[citation needed]
The red-headed weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps) is a bird commonly found in eastern and southern Africa in countries such as Zambia, Zimbabwe and most of Mozambique and Botswana.[3] They frequent savanna biomes as well as bushland and other wooded areas.[3] At this time the species trend is stable and the population is concentrated and not fragmented into different regions.[3]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Anaplectes rubriceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103812581A94611878. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103812581A94611878.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Oschadleus, H Dieter. "Narrative of a name: red-headed or black-eared? Scientific name of the Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps". Weaver Watch. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ a b c "Southern Red-headed Weaver". IUCN Red List. October 1, 2016.
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