Bertram's weaver

Bertram's weaver (Ploceus bertrandi), sometimes called Bertrand's weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.

Bertram's weaver
Illustrations of male and immature by Keulemans and female by Grönvold
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ploceidae
Genus:	Ploceus
Species:	P. bertrandi
Binomial name
Ploceus bertrandi (Shelley, 1893)
Synonyms
Hyphantornis bertrandi Shelley, 1893 Hyphantornis nyasae Shelley, 1894 Ploceus fülleborni Reichen, 1900 Ploceus nyasae Reichen, 1904

It is named after Bertram Lutley Sclater, the son of ornithologist Philip Lutley Sclater, who was a police commissioner in Malawi when Alexander Whyte discovered this species.[2][3]

References

1. BirdLife International (2012). "Ploceus bertrandi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
2. Boelens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird?: Common Bird Names and the People They Commemorate. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-10359-X.
3. Shelley, George Ernest. "I. List of Birds collected by Mr. Alexander Whyte, F.Z.S., in Nyassaland". The Ibis. 8th series. V (1) (XVII): 1–29.

External links

Media related to Ploceus bertrandi at Wikimedia Commons

• Bertram's weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch.