White-headed buffalo weaver

White-headed buffalo weaver
D. d. boehmi
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Dinemellia
Reichenbach, 1863
Species:
D. dinemelli
Binomial name
Dinemellia dinemelli
(Rüppell, 1845)

The white-headed buffalo weaver or white-faced buffalo-weaver (Dinemellia dinemelli) is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae native to East Africa.[2] The buffalo part of its name derives from its habit of following the African buffalo, feeding on disturbed insects.[3] Two subspecies are recognized.

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