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Passeriformes / Ploceidae / Ploceus

Lesser Masked Weaver

Ploceus intermedius

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (lesmaw1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Ploceus

Subspecies (3)

Ploceus intermedius beattyi

arid coastal western Angola
Ploceus intermedius cabanisii

coastal Tanzania to KwaZulu-Natal, northern Namibia, and interior southern Angola
Ploceus intermedius intermedius

Ethiopia, northwestern and southern Somalia, southeastern South Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (lesmaw1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.