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Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser rufoscapulatus)

Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver
Photo: Nigel Voaden from UK via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver

The chestnut-backed sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser rufoscapulatus) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in southern Africa from Angola and southern Democratic Republic of Congo to Zambia and Malawi. Chestnut-mantled Sparrow-Weaver, or Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch.

Source: Chestnut-backed sparrow-weaver on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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No audio on this page yet

We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 8 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.

As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.

Listed as recorded in Malawi, Zambia in the xeno-canto catalogue.

Related species you can hear

This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.