Bertram's Weaver

Taxobox
name = Bertram's Weaver


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Ploceidae
genus = "Ploceus"
species = "P. bertrandi"
binomial = "Ploceus bertrandi"
binomial_authority = (Shelley, 1893)
synonyms =

Bertram's Weaver ("Ploceus bertrandi"), sometimes called Bertrand's Weaver, is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia. It is named after Bertram Lutley Sclater, a captain in the British army who served in Africa in the late 19th century.

References

* Beolens, Bo & Watkins, Michael (2003) "Whose Bird?: Men and women commemorated in the common names of birds", Christopher Helm, London.
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/53176/all Ploceus bertrandi] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 26 July 2007.