Anaplectes
Genus of birds
01Taxonomy
The genus Anaplectes was introduced in 1863 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach. The type species was subsequently designated by Richard Bowdler Sharpe as Ploceus leuconotus Müller, JW 1851, now a subspecies of the red-headed weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps).
The genus contains the following two species:
- Red-headed weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Red weaver Anaplectes jubaensis
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Red-headed Weaver, Anaplectes rubriceps at Marakele National Park, Limpopo Province, South Africa (male in breeding plumage) (15679994373).jpg by Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa, CC BY 2.0
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