Anaplectes
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Anaplectes is a genus of African birds in the weaver family Ploceidae.
Taxonomy
The genus Anaplectes was introduced in 1863 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach.[1] 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).[2][3]
The genus contains the following two species:[4]
- Red-headed weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Red weaver Anaplectes jubaensis
References
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