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Passeriformes / Ploceidae / Ploceus

Orange Weaver

Ploceus aurantius

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (orawea1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Ploceus

Subspecies (2)

Ploceus aurantius aurantius

Sierra Leone to Cameroon, Gabon, northeastern Angola, and Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ploceus aurantius rex

southern Uganda (Lake Victoria region) to western Kenya and northwestern Tanzania

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (orawea1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.